50 Day Gardens in a Pot or a Plot #3

Bush Pickle

Instead of crawling all over your garden, and taking up way too much space, this cuke is so very well behaved, because it is a compact bush type at 3 to 4’ wide.You can also grow them in containers, which is a real plus, or fit them into an empty space amongst your perennial border.You should pick them when they are small to medium-sized (about 4” in length), for best results.They can be used for pickling or eaten fresh.They are very prolific if given enough nutrition and moisture.Best to direct sow once the soil is warm.

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Hakurei - Turnip

Don’t think of the turnips of old, these are heavenly and filled with vitamins and nutrients, including high levels of iron, calcium and thiamine.In Japan, where they are an heirloom, they are prepared in a variety of ways.In the US they are considered a salad turnip but are also now being enjoyed cooked as well.Besides being grown in your gardens they are also perfect for growing in pots on a patio.
Turnips are tolerant of light frost as seedlings in spring, and as mature plants in fall. Turnips prefer a fertile, well-drained soil.

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De Cicco - Brassica oleracea - Broccoli

This is a very fine old Broccoli which you will love raw, cooked or freezing for later meals.It is excellent and it is also a fast producer that will help your crops and food availability. You can plant them and expect to be eating them within about six weeks, which means you can plant several plantings, and continue harvesting through out the winter.

You harvest the center (largest) stem first and then will continue to harvest the side shoots which are smaller for a very long time, increasing the quantity of your crop. You can plant them in August in the North and have crops before the first frost.

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Bull’s Blood-Beet and Greens

This beet is an heirloom and dates to the mid-1800’s and was/is, grown for its delectable foliage (Microgreen), which reaches up to 18,”you can start picking the leaves as soon as a month after planting and they are sweeter than radicchio. Older leaves will become bitter with age. The beet is pretty harvested at about 2 to 3” in diameter. The stems are edible as well.No oxalic acid taste at all, either.Bulls blood is the beet for “beet greens”.Baby beets develop in 8 weeks.

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