Showing posts with label coldframe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coldframe. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Mache


Also known as Cornsalad this member of the Valarian family is very popular in France. Its fine, nutty taste enhances salads. It is very cold tolerant, so it's a great early or late season green.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Green Fortune Baby Pak Choi


Crispy, sweet, vase-shaped 6 by 8 inch mini-heads with pale lime green crunchy stalks and dark green leaves. Compact, fast growing and delicious braised, steamed, or stirfried. Full sun. Plant Aug.-Oct. Plant 1/4 inch deep, 2 inches apart. Germinates 7-10 days, Days to harvest: 45.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Dash Spinach

This extra early hybrid also is very tollerant of cool weather so it is an ideal choice for both very early, and very late plantings. The upright, spade shaped, medium green leaves are both smooth and delicious. 39 days.

Round Black Radish


HEIRLOOM 1824 in US, 1500s in Europe. A fine variation on the black Spanish radish that has been around since the 1500s. The large roots are 4" across with an attractive black skin while the flesh is a pure creamy white. It is mildly pungent and can be used for a variety of cooked dishes as well as fresh with beer. Round Black even stores well in a root cellar. 33 days.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Mache


Also known as Cornsalad this member of the Valarian family is very popular in France. Its fine, nutty taste enhances salads. It is very cold tolerant, so it's a great early or late season green.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Claytonia

This interesting salad green can be eaten raw or cooked, like spinach. The round, fleshy leaves are high in vitamin C. Miners during the California gold rush ate it to prevent scurvy--also called Miners' Lettuce. The leaves have a distinctive peppery flavor.
Cold-hardy salad green.
Quantities of heart-shaped leaf pairs, each "wrapped" around a white-flowered stem. Hardiest of the winter salad greens, can tolerate moderate frost and can be grown all winter in mild regions or in cold greenhouses. The taste of the young leaves is wild and fresh. Suitable for multiple cuttings. Direct seed about 1/2" apart, covering 1/4", rows 12" apart, or transplant carefully from containers. Thin to 4-6" apart. MINI: 0.2 gm., avg. 300 seeds, sows 12’. Avg. 47,000 seeds/oz. Mini: 300 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 40