Updates - 6/28/21 - First Carrot Harvest

Okay, so after a bunch of research on when to harvest carrots telling me to harvest between 75 and 100 days after planting, I decided today - the 3 month mark - was as good a day as any for the first batch... the ones I never thinned.  

I ended up with a handful of teeny tiny carrots.  Like the biggest one is maybe two inches long and the rest are orange toothpicks.  And only half-sized toothpicks at that.  

The second planting of carrots had got maybe ten or so tops, more judiciously placed.  I'll let them grow longer and see what happens.

In other research, I learned you can eat the carrot greens.  Put them in a salad or dry them and use them like any other herb.  I ate one.  Kinda tart, but might be nice in a soup or stew or mixed in with other greens like lettuce or spinach.  So, right now, the harvest is drying out on the deck table.  I'll bring them in later and clean them up some more.  Eat the little carrots and find a way to preserve the greens.

Additionally, I learned you can eat zucchini leaves and tomato leaves.  Young is best, but any leaves off those two are edible.  Don't take my word for it.  Search 'eating zucchini leaves' or tomato leaves and do your own reading if you're interested.  It wasn't that hard to find how-tos and recipes.  

So, yeah, I'll be eating out of this garden regardless of whether it decides to give me actual veggies or not.  So there.  =op

Update with Pics - 6/10/21

 Good morning!  I know I haven't been here in a while, but that's because nothing major has been going on.  Well, that changed a couple days ago when my zucchinis started blooming!  Yay!

They're going crazy!  Which gives me a decided happy.  Way to go, Zukes!  

In other plant news, the tomatoes are doing well.  Still no blooms on anything but the one I bought and those flowers are gone now.  Hopefully, I'll see tiny fruits start there soon.  

The carrots are okay.  One of the planters where I never separated the seedlings has halfway died.  The others are doing fine.  All the containers planted with single seeds are doing well.  

The lettuces are being eaten a few leaves at a time, mostly on burgers and sandwiches, but are a disappointment.  The lettuce itself is nearly flavorless and easily bruised.  And it wilts quickly.  I won't be doing this species again.  Next year, I'll move to spinach.

In onion news, I am starting to see green on a few members of the set.  Fingers crossed for onions I can actually harvest down the road.

All in all, the container gardening experiment is working.  It's a bit of a pain, but then again, all gardening is.  At least I don't have to worry about critters eating my plants.  The true test will be how much I harvest and whether it was worth it overall.  Time will tell.