This is a rice plant, native to Connecticut lakes. I just put it in. It is caged to protect it from being eaten by muskrats; they love wild rice! If I can get it to mature and produce, without being eaten it will produce so much seed that it will keep coming up on it's own, even if the muskrats eat some. I put in about 20 plants along the mucky shores of the pond.
Weeds and The Soil
on Tuesday, June 29, 2010Video: Nutrient Density
on Monday, June 28, 2010Enjoying The Fruit of The Garden
on Sunday, June 27, 2010
Today I did a taste test on these 6 different beets. They were all grown in the same garden area. The Cosby Egyptian was not worth eating. Ruby Queen, Lutz Winter Keeper, Detroit were all poor tasting, hard to eat plain. Chiogga was very good and sweet and rich. Albino was not as sweet as Chiogga, but it was still sweet and good tasting. I still have to test Golden beets. Needless to say, Chiogga will be growing again in my garden next year! And I will try out some other varieties, to see if anything can compare to Chiogga. It is the end of June now. When I harvest these beets for storage I will test them again to see if any changes have occurred.
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