Every morning when I wake up (whether it be by the alarm or by the suns gentle rise behind the Sangres), I make myself a cup of black tea with milk & honey and take a little walk through the garden. I check for growth and blossoms, I harvest, I listen to the soft, sleepy coos of the chickens, I wander…I enjoy a few quiet moments before the day must begin.
Yesterday, while on my morning walk, I noticed that the three radishes I’d left in one of the beds to go to seed were just about ready to be pulled. While not fully ready, a handful of the seed pods had finally dried on what remains of the foliage. Super excited about the tiny, mature seeds, I picked off those pods and brought them inside to clean them.
I’d guess I picked off about 50 pods and got about 200 seeds from those pods. Now, there are still hundreds of pods left to be harvested as soon as they get a bit more crispy, but that will have to wait for another day 🙂
I’m waiting for kale seed to “get crispy” I let some radishes go to seed this year, but it was more out of laziness than anything else. I won’t be able to keep the seeds because I planted two types and I’m sure they crossed.
Yay for kale seed! Mine are almost crispy enough, too…maybe by the weekend 🙂
what a lovely way to start the day, i wish i wasn’t so sleepy in the mornings!
ive been meaning to send you this link for a while, its my aunties blog, she lives in SA and writes amazingly (i recommend getting a tea and starting from the beginning!), shes totally in love and her blog is a really honest view into her life and the culture shes so connected to, i just thought you might appreciate it 🙂
http://lotusdrifterdotcom.wordpress.com/
let me know what you think xx
Thanks Astra! And thanks for the link to your Aunties blog! It looks wonderful…but you’re right, I’m going to have to grab a cup of tea and sit with it for a while 🙂 Hope you have a fabulous weekend!!!
Very neat!
Thanks 🙂
Great seed saving! I’m trying to do more and more of that in my garden.
Thanks! It really is great fun to see it all come full circle!