The beet plants are still growing relatively well. I did top up the soil in the growing trough, but the wind keeps tossing the leaves around, and the tops of the stems tend to flop this way and that, leaving … Continue reading
Category Archives: Edible tubers
I’m quite happy with the progress of the beet plants, even though we lost a couple along the way. The current survivors are growing very well, and I wonder if my potting concoction had anything to do with it. When … Continue reading
I’m growing beets for the first time, thanks to The Weed, who shared some seeds with me. They were the oddest seeds I’d ever seen – none of them the same, each looking dry and extremely bumpy! And then I … Continue reading
Let’s take a walk down memory lane, of two years or so back. I wanted to try growing jicama or bangkwang plants, and started that venture by planting a baby jicama I’d seen at the market that had a bit … Continue reading