The Art of Growing Radishes...

"Radishes are easy to grow", but often I find growing radishes easier said than done... 
So this year I decide to be more careful in how I  grow radishes.

Growing Radishes

• Prepare the earth - and make sure it is a lightweight mix that the forming radish can push into.
• Sow seeds, not too close at a 2-inch spacing around early April while it is still cool weather.  Or sow a row or two in the fall.
• Rabbit-proof the planting bed - if you have rabbits in your garden.
• Make sure to water your seeds each day through germination and while the seedlings are growing.
• As the seedlings sprout "hill up"a small amount of earth along the rows to cover the forming radish globes.

The simple care seems to do the trick.











One month from planting, I am harvesting a wonderful crop of radishes.
I am picking 5 - 10 radishes each day the last week or so! 









Here is the first radish ever harvested at Arlington Traditional Elementary School (ATS).  It was a magical moment of wonder!

Harvest, Wash and Preparation

• Harvest a bunch of radishes, pull gently by the greens
• Slice off the root tails, and the greens (you can eat young greens)
• Wash the bulbs, and leave the radishes whole as a snack or slice into a salad. 
• Enjoy the peppery flavor, pink and white colors, and crisp crunch of your radishes.

Here's a radish mouse that the ATS catering staff made for Earth Day lunch at school. 
Can you see the clove eyes and radish slice ears?











Last week I came home to find my daughter's chalk art on our patio. 
Radishes are easy to grow - and draw!