Browse Tag: ‘Lavewa’ spinach

February: vegetables & herbs in the garden

IMG_6477
‘Green Globe Improved’ artichoke grown from seed last year
Arugula
Arugula
Biggest bok choy grown thus far. It is in the spot with the most amount of sun.
Biggest bok choy grown thus far. It is in the spot with the most amount of sun.
The spot in the garden with the most sun.
The spot in the garden with the most sun.
IMG_6739
The mint are coming out of hibernation.
IMG_6731
Broad leaf parsley
IMG_6721
Spinach. Update: I planted these two into the ground and they were immediately gobbled up by the pill bugs.
IMG_6860
The garden’s second generation shallots. These were grown from the seeds of supermarket shallots.
IMG_6855
‘Turkish Giant’ garlic
IMG_6787
‘Stuttgarter’ onion
IMG_6788
‘Purplette’ onion
IMG_6798
I started some paprika peppers last fall and never got around to transplanting them.
IMG_6784
‘Anahiem’ peppers set and grew through winter.
IMG_6783
‘Fajita’ bell pepper
IMG_6782
‘Fajita’ bell pepper growing despite it being winter.
IMG_6775
‘Turkish Giant’ garlic slowly growing.
IMG_6769
Fennel pretty much seeds itself.
IMG_6767
Elephant garlic grown from the bulbils. Here the elephant garlic lifted its hard bulbil shell into the air. It is going to take at least a couple of years before they get softball sized.
IMG_6766
First time growing ‘Chesnok’ garlic. Thus far the quickest garlic (aside from Elephant garlic) in the garden.
IMG_6760
First time growing Daikon. It is a fast growing plant.
IMG_6749
Broccoli floret flowering.
IMG_6748
Broccoli. It produced only a bunch of tiny florets. Which made for a quick snack when I am outside checking on the plants.
IMG_6738_1
‘Mammoth Melting Sugar Pea’ heirloom snow pea
IMG_6737
Bok choy
IMG_6871
The bok choy grew faster than I can figure out what to do with them. I have to remember to thin them out more aggressively in the future. Otherwise, the slugs end up enjoying them.
IMG_6870_1
Bok choy flower
IMG_6859
‘Red Creole’ onion seedlings