tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post928713089029879459..comments2024-01-03T17:26:32.872-08:00Comments on Our Subsistence Pattern: Harvesting Beets & GreensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-16799946413908682112011-11-17T06:00:18.084-08:002011-11-17T06:00:18.084-08:00Foodgardenkitchen - Glad I'm not alone in seei...Foodgardenkitchen - Glad I'm not alone in seeing this...I was starting to wonder if it was just me.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-21813576337057726212011-11-14T16:59:42.852-08:002011-11-14T16:59:42.852-08:00More evidence that seed packets lie! Maybe under ...More evidence that seed packets lie! Maybe under completely optimal (perhaps even greenhouse) conditions will most things mature in the stated time period. Less than optimal conditions? Add 50-100%!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-26816092202316761352011-10-28T05:20:34.796-07:002011-10-28T05:20:34.796-07:00Sylvie - Yes, too bad about the mice this year...w...Sylvie - Yes, too bad about the mice this year...we pulled our beets earlier than I would have liked because they were doing so much damage. Sorry to hear about your sweet potatoes. By the way, I really enjoyed the article you wrote on them in your last newsletter.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-67101705908132304952011-10-27T06:59:27.163-07:002011-10-27T06:59:27.163-07:00Regarding time to maturity - I think many of the c...Regarding time to maturity - I think many of the catalogs indicate the time to small-to-medium ones sold at Farmers' markets, not the big ones that those that grow to store want...sylvie in Rappahannockhttp://www.laughingduckgardens.com/ldblog.php/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-9054182741959025842011-10-27T06:55:31.213-07:002011-10-27T06:55:31.213-07:00Mice have been a problem this year too here -- for...Mice have been a problem this year too here -- for the first time. They have been going after our sweet potatoes - seriously reducing the yield in one bed. I also wondered if they've gone after peppers....Yep, got to talk to some of those cats too....sylvie in Rappahannockhttp://www.laughingduckgardens.com/ldblog.php/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-15705340992921771852011-10-24T05:31:42.711-07:002011-10-24T05:31:42.711-07:00Anne - Yes, it's always a challenge to keep on...Anne - Yes, it's always a challenge to keep one step ahead of all the mice and other critters that want to share in the bounty isn't it.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-15842237876268758042011-10-23T20:26:55.169-07:002011-10-23T20:26:55.169-07:00Oh those lovely beet greens... they are one of my ...Oh those lovely beet greens... they are one of my favorites! We also had a lot of nibbling on our root crops. A LOT of damage.. but there is always next year I suppose..Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159095601570766616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-54318743727034996012011-10-21T18:23:00.826-07:002011-10-21T18:23:00.826-07:00Malay Kadazan Girl - We have two males and two fem...Malay Kadazan Girl - We have two males and two females, one of the males is just a kitten so he doesn't really count. Between the three older cats two of them do a fairly good job of catching rodents but apparently not good enough...it's my fault though, they are fat and lazy because I feed them too much.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-37428884498706408592011-10-21T06:24:44.894-07:002011-10-21T06:24:44.894-07:00In my experience female cats are more reliable cat...In my experience female cats are more reliable catching mice than males. That what usually happens at my parents. Your beet and previous harvest post is so amazing. Enjoy looking at them much.Malay-Kadazan girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692400837667241873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-66849050376647702302011-10-18T18:26:30.242-07:002011-10-18T18:26:30.242-07:00Elizabeth - We "borrow" greens from the ...Elizabeth - We "borrow" greens from the beets all summer long to eat fresh in our daily salads but at the end of the season we blanch and freeze the majority of them to eat as cooked greens because there are just way to many for us to use up.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-84309686894728450392011-10-18T14:36:55.685-07:002011-10-18T14:36:55.685-07:00Colette - It seems like a lot but we will be wishi...Colette - It seems like a lot but we will be wishing for more come spring. A pickled beetroot sandwich sounds really good and so does the chutney...I've got to get around to pickling some beets, can you believe I have never tried them that way before.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-76347844177980522632011-10-18T12:24:05.509-07:002011-10-18T12:24:05.509-07:00So, about those greens....
Do you and Mrs. H eat t...So, about those greens....<br />Do you and Mrs. H eat them fresh or boil them up to freeze and eat later?Mountain Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585895626174792658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-73482818535534148492011-10-17T11:59:22.204-07:002011-10-17T11:59:22.204-07:00I am in awe at the sheer amount of produce you man...I am in awe at the sheer amount of produce you manage to grow...I take my hat off to you! There is a lovely recipe for Beetroot Chutney I made this year...and my fav eat of all time is a pickled Beetroot sandwich, with tea...yummy!<br />ColetteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-87887395401998211152011-10-17T05:49:56.763-07:002011-10-17T05:49:56.763-07:00Leigh - Of those beets listed I will only be focus...Leigh - Of those beets listed I will only be focused on saving Crapaudine, Cylindrical, and Detroit. Check out my seed saving <a href="http://subsistencepatternfoodgarden.blogspot.com/2011/02/seed-saving-schedule-2011-2014.html" rel="nofollow">schedual/work in progress</a>. I certainly wish I could save them all but it is beyond the scope of my ability at this time. <br /><br />Heiko - Glad to hear it, that should make a world of difference. Some time you will have to take a look at <a href="http://veganicpermaculture.com/" rel="nofollow">Helen Attowe's site</a> , especially the part focused on living mulch and agroecology experiments for soil building. I am convinced that this is the way to a sustainable system of better soil. We have been putting this into practice for two years now and are quite happy with the results.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-30874881593471264852011-10-17T03:00:18.019-07:002011-10-17T03:00:18.019-07:00This winter we are having a real go at building up...This winter we are having a real go at building up the soil rather than uselessly digging down the hard soil just so it can compact itself again after the next rain. So maybe the year after we'll have a better rootcrop season. At least now we have some Jerusalem artichokes. :)Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-9448728470354874962011-10-16T10:17:01.777-07:002011-10-16T10:17:01.777-07:00So many types of beets! How do you manage to saves...So many types of beets! How do you manage to saves seeds from them all?<br /><br />I've noticed that some things I grow take longer to mature than they're "supposed" to. Never sure why, but it's nice to know someone else has experienced the same things.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-65610394558399242372011-10-16T05:32:33.459-07:002011-10-16T05:32:33.459-07:00Laura - It's good to hear that I'm not alo...Laura - It's good to hear that I'm not alone in needing a long season to get beets to fill out. Best of luck with your late planted golden beets, we only grew a few this season because I don't have the best luck with the golden variety...so of course they all did pretty well for a change.:) <br /><br />Mavis - Mmm, roasted beets, bet they were good.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-4349894874504966882011-10-15T14:07:20.333-07:002011-10-15T14:07:20.333-07:00Your beets reminded me I have a bunch in the frig....Your beets reminded me I have a bunch in the frig. Thanks for the reminder! Tonight I'll make roasted veggies! :)Mavishttp://onehundreddollarsamonth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-16126805405807171912011-10-15T08:15:16.375-07:002011-10-15T08:15:16.375-07:00Excellent beet harvest! I am totally in awe of y...Excellent beet harvest! I am totally in awe of your harvest - both greens and tops. Like you, my beets take a much longer time to mature than the seed packets would have you believe. I learned that along time ago and plant in late spring for fall harvests. I am able to leave mine in the ground though (under a grow tunnel though) through the fall and winter because our winters are so much milder than you experience. Makes storage simpler! I did plant a mid summer crop of golden beets which are coming along well, but they are not fully sized up and I am not sure if they will continue to size up through the fall or just sit dormant until early spring and then bolt to seed. Guess I will wait and find out!kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.com/apps/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-75688292311668560292011-10-15T05:47:49.960-07:002011-10-15T05:47:49.960-07:00Justin - That's great, can you believe I have ...Justin - That's great, can you believe I have never tried them pickled. I'll have to try them that way.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-61344186858644779362011-10-14T10:37:43.242-07:002011-10-14T10:37:43.242-07:00Beets! We just PLANTED our beet garden (down here...Beets! We just PLANTED our beet garden (down here in the desert...). They are about 1 inch high. We love to pickle most of 'em, and grate the on salads.Justinhttp://arizonavictorygarden.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-79862550667187998282011-10-14T05:58:20.693-07:002011-10-14T05:58:20.693-07:00Dani - Honestly, we mostly grate them raw over our...Dani - Honestly, we mostly grate them raw over our salads but are looking forward to trying <a href="http://marksvegplot.blogspot.com/search?q=beet+and+caraway" rel="nofollow">Mark's Beet and Caraway soup</a><br />.:)<br /><br />Kumi - Beets are nice and even if they don't turn out there is always the beet greens to look forward to.<br /><br />Jane - Glad to hear that I am not alone, I thought perhaps I had a "slow" garden or something.:)<br /><br />Mark - I just checked out your beet recipe and it looks really good, I am looking forward to trying it.<br /><br />Granola Girl - I can plant super quick growing Purple Top turnips in September for a November crop but beets just grow way to slow for me to use them as you suggested. Your climate is different than mine and perhaps you get a bit more winter sun than we do so don't let my inability to grow beets in the winter discourage you from trying. <br /><br />Ginny - I can't grow a decent leek or radish no matter how hard I try.:) The greens are indeed good.<br /><br />Buttons - They are kind of lazy, just ask the little black kitten that is hindering my ability to type this.:) I'll tell you what though, without cats we would be in a world of hurt in regards to mice taking over everything...our chickens even catch mice sometimes.<br /><br />AJK - So far we have not had any issues with squirrels...fingers crossed. We do have a few on the property but they are more interested in the pine cones...fingers crossed that is stays that way. Hope you do add beets to your garden veggie collection next time around.<br /><br />Granny - We have grown small sections of wheat and flax just for the experience of growing them and hope to someday grow more of these grains on a larger scale to help suppliment us and our chickens diet. We have to grow a lot because we will be covered in snow for the next 5 months...brr.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-66514664199686431682011-10-14T04:52:58.799-07:002011-10-14T04:52:58.799-07:00Beautiful beet harvest Mr H !
The amount of food y...Beautiful beet harvest Mr H !<br />The amount of food you grow just amazes me.<br />Do you grow any grains ???grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293514367764396439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-42656199797685776402011-10-13T22:27:43.328-07:002011-10-13T22:27:43.328-07:00Wow that's a lot of beets! Next year we'll...Wow that's a lot of beets! Next year we'll grow some.<br /><br />We got our cat because of rodent issues too. Our white guava and persimmon were getting nibbled on by mice.<br /><br />Now we just deal with giant, fearless squirrels. Our neighbor thinks it's cute to feed them, so they jump right onto our fig tree in front of us and start eating while our cat looks at it from below. argggghhAJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636358068441886242.post-33906214347021592982011-10-13T16:26:28.198-07:002011-10-13T16:26:28.198-07:00Oh I love beets I did not plant any this year ever...Oh I love beets I did not plant any this year everything was so late for me I did not take the chance. I am laughing about your lazy cats :).<br /> I still have most things in my garden I dug the potatoes and a few carrots I am falling behind.<br /> I love hearing your garden tales. BButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.com