I know you know what radishes look like in the grocery store, but do you know that they bloom and set seeds?

 

Radishes are in the Mustard family, and the part we usually eat are the roots.  Well, in order for the roots to grow to a size that’s fit to eat, the seedlings have to be thinned so that each little root has room to grow.  

 

I am a terrible thinner.  I love sowing the seeds, but thinning them is not my best thing.  So radishes in my garden never produce tender roots.  They go to seed, making the roots tough.  

 

Well, here’s the good news:  all those flowers and the small seed pods are all edible, crunchy, and taste just like radish.  And just think how much easier they are to clean than roots that grow in the soil.

 

So I still grow radishes, for the flowers and seed pods.  ;)

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!