It’s actually spring-like today, a little cloudy, but in the 50′s, which is nice…and it’s most definitely time to be planning the garden. Even though I do a garden blog and like to garden, I must admit that I like to grow things that aren’t to hard to maintain. The years of being challenged by my garden are over, now I just want to settle into a comfortable relationship with it. So, here’s to some posts on “Easy Veggies”.
Beets are a prized vegetable, both the beet root and the greens are usable in one form or another. We look forward to a trip on our anniversary in only a few weekends to Lancaster, where the Amish use the red juice from the beet and some vinegar to pickle hard boiled eggs…without the shell.
- You can use the greens of the beets all year round
- You can harvest beets early, when they are small and sweet, they are called “baby beets” at this stage.
- You can harvest the later in the summer when the roots are much larger.
If you plant rows, you should allow 3 inches between plantings. If you sow seeds, whether in rows or randomly (my favorite way to plant) plant the seeds about an inch apart, and thin as they grow, up to 3 inches apart.
One of the yummiest vegtables I’ve had were baby beet greens (with the baby beets) my mom cooked. My kids thought they were the strangest looking vegtables, but once they tried them, they left no survivors.
I picked up some seed, but will have to check the chart, I may have to wait until the Fall
March 17th, 2009 at 1:41 amI love baby beets, have to admit that I haven’t done much with greens yet, surprisingly, but plan to.
You are probably experiencing some hot weather down there in Texas, so yes, will probably want to grow when it’s not so extreme, but so that you have a couple months for the beets to mature, unless you’re going for the green (still in a St. Patrick’s Day state of mind here:-) or the baby beets.
Thanks for stopping by!
March 18th, 2009 at 12:04 am