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[897tgigvib]

Yea, RATTAIL Radish is a poorly named variety!

A person could do a bit of selecting with that variety to come up with an even only slightly different version and give it a different name. That'd probably make it a much more popular vegetable!

 

[pretty40acres]

Pretty..... my sister and I used to steal rhubarb from our grandfathers yard...he used to get so mad at us...

Sounds fun! I would've loved doing that! I :toolswas so sneaky Especially when it came to good home grown goodies!

 

[pretty40acres]

Garden munchies are the best!

I agree as long those pests dont get them first !!

I agree completely!

 

[Kassaundra]

From today . . .
rattail, podded radish
. . . The fig tree I just planted this year, it has figs on it already!

In southern Oregon we had a fig tree. It was a delight! I had dried figs for a snack yesterday and will probably have more today - a favorite.

Those radishes ARE different! The pods almost look like pea pods.

I learned that radish seed pods are great sometime ago and just allow the variety that I save seed from to have a few extra plants that flower. Then, I can enjoy the pods. They really are very tasty - I think, better than the roots but, you have to pick them while they are still tender. I decided that I didn't want no "rat-tail" anything. Now that I see a picture, I'm wondering if I'm missing out :/.

Steve

They have a little kick to the taste the regular pods do not, so if you like a little hot or spice you will like their flavor.

 

[digitS']

Well, Kassaundra, maybe I'd better stick with with the tender versions of what-I-got.

For a long time, I wouldn't eat radish roots because I thought they would always disagree with me . . . Then, I learned that it was just a matter of using fresh ones early in their bulbing stage.

With so many brassica species, I don't doubt that there are others that would make especially good pods. I don't have any experience here since I haven't been that much of a seed-saver and don't grow some of 'em. But, something like that could be worthwhile development. Hey, I don't have any trouble remembering when snap peas first showed up. Huh ?!

Steve

 

[Kassaundra]

In addition to being edible, if you allow radish to go to seed in the garden it is supose to deter the cuke beetle, or confuse it, or camafauge your cukes or something like that. I am trying it this year to see if it works. Last year I got swarmed w/ the cuke beetles, it's still to early to know for sure if it works or not, but if it does I'll let everyone know.


Oh and for eating I would stick to the regular radish pods I think they taste much better, especially raw.

 

[897tgigvib]

I have never grown CANOLA

It was developed to be a crop for vegetable oil.

Canola is a BRASSICA.

Originally the only problem with its ancestor plants was the oil made from the seeds tasted kind of CABBAGEY.

So the plant breeders worked to make it not taste like that.

Now you guys got me wondering if...

The seed pods of CANOLA might be good at a tender stage.

Further, it makes me wonder if several varieties of "Podding Canola" could be developed, some with at least a little flavor.

 

[digitS']

Hey, I have grown Canola !

Weird, huh? Well, it wasn't even as a field crop and there are a few acres of Canola around here. (It wasn't really around when I was working for farmers.) But, yep, you guessed it - I pulled off the road once and got some seed from the plants left after harvest.

Canola isn't so bad as a green veggie . It really isn't!

It didn't occur to me to wade into the field and snack on a few pods while they were green. It is grown in rotation with cereal grains. I'll have to look for it this summer.

Steve

 

[897tgigvib]

I just had some of the greens out of my garden while a visitor was with me, a young gal who just graduated from college with a degree in sustainable agriculture. She identified two of my mixed greens as Mizuna, and one of them as Wasabi. The Wasabi is absolutely delicious raw!

A very slight tang, very easy to chew, even with 22 and a half teeth! A slight nuttiness and very subtle brassica flavor. Every bit was tender, easy to chew and swallow. Almost like candy!

A butterfly landed on her shoulder, a freshly opened Swallowtail.

What a nice day.

 

[Kassaundra]

A couple of pics from today

My little hot cherry peppers are finally turning red

Another marigold, I planted several varities but so far this is the only one to bloom.

The dragon tongue beans, the pkt said they were a vining, but mine have been much more bushy.