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Radish flowers

13 Mar 201627 Jun 2012 by Mike (tfb)
Radish flowers

Radish flowers, a little past their prime, and a mildly unusual sight at any stage…but you just have to let the radish grow. :)… Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Flowers Tags radish, flowering Leave a comment

Jerusalem artichoke in full flower

29 Sep 200818 Sep 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Last seen simply soaring up above 7′ (2m), the Jerusalem artichoke recently exploded with flowers. Last year, flowers appeared on some plants, and I read that flowering chokes isn’t that common. You couldn’t tell from here… The plants continue to … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Flowers Tags flowering, Jerusalem artichoke, Summer 10 Comments

Potato fruit

27 May 202527 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Potato fruit on Chieftain variety

Here’s something I haven’t seen before in my, uh, six years of growing potatoes: green, tomato-like, walnut-sized potato fruit. Bob hadn’t seen ’em either, in 40 plus years of farming. I hit the web for education.

These are genuine fruit … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings Tags seed, potato, flowering, breeding, Summer 158 Comments

Flowers galore

20 Aug 200813 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The flower sections have pretty well taken off over the last month, with the several beds of zinnias (above, directly below) offering up the biggest splash of color. We’re not harvesting the flowers, this season is a trial run, but … Read the rest

Categories Flowers Tags zinnias, sunflower, flowering, Summer 6 Comments

Cut flowers arrive

23 Jul 200814 Jul 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Zinnias bloom! At least, a few varieties are starting, along with many of the other cut flowers in this year’s trial bed. Much of last year’s first trial bed wound up worse for the wear after drought and infrequent weeding. … Read the rest

Categories Flowers, Fieldwork Tags weeding, zinnias, flowering, Summer 5 Comments

Broccoli flowers (flashback!)

15 Dec 20217 Dec 2007 by Mike (tfb)

No real farming action today, but here’s an alternate entry from 2-Oct-2007—never let a perfectly serviceable post go to waste!: On my way to seed saving, I tend to let things go to seed! Here, the secondary shoots in a … Read the rest

Categories Cooking & Eating, Veggies, Flowers Tags broccoli, flowering, seed, Autumn 26 Comments

Jerusalem artichoke flowers

2 Sep 20087 Oct 2007 by Mike (tfb)

Sometime over the last few days, the Jerusalem artichoke have started to produce pretty yellow flowers. That’s interesting. Without all this warm, way-past-normal- frost-date weather, what would they have done? They did go in a little late… And why do … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Flowers Tags Jerusalem artichoke, sunflower, flowering, Autumn 2 Comments
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