One thing I’ve been thinking a lot about as I try and grow as a gardener is knowing when a plant is ready. What do you look for? How do you know that something is ready to bolt? <\/p>\n
I’ve blown it with the broccoli. What I know now is that the moment the heads show any sign of splitting apart, you need to harvest. The seeds are pretty and plentiful but the heads are inedible. <\/p>\n
I’ve blown it with the arugula. These germinate so well and transplant so well that I thought I didn’t have to pay them much mind. Boom — beautiful flowers and bitter greens. These I’ll just know to get when the leaves are smaller. <\/p>\n
It’s like cooking though. How many years did it take me to learn to pull burgers before they were hockey pucks? How many years before I could trust my read of the heat of the coals and the time necessary to cook a fat burger all the way through? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One thing I’ve been thinking a lot about as I try and grow as a gardener is knowing when a plant is ready. What do you look for? How do you know that something is ready to bolt? I’ve blown it with the broccoli. What I know now is that the moment the heads show … Continue reading Knowing when<\/span>