My grade for naming red root vegetables at the Wednesday Boulder County Farmers’ Market = F. Well, maybe more like a C minus. Once I learned that Scarlet Queen Turnips are not radishes, I was able to identify the actual radishes on the table next to the turnips.
It’s the greens that should have been the dead giveaway. Turnip greens are more than twice the height and width of the radish. But, at the time, my brain could not entertain the possibility of the existence of a brilliant red turnip. Read more »
Maybe you saw the Denver hail storm on the national news yesterday. Just when we thought we were frost-free, golf-ball sized hail pelted down from the sky, denting hoods and squashing tender vegetables plants trying to make their way in the world. Thankfully my neighborhood in Denver wasn’t hit and my vegetable garden will live to see another day. It sure does make me appreciate the fickleness of the weather, though. And what it must be like for a vegetable farmer to watch their cash crop be destroyed in ten minutes by frozen ice crystals.
Maybe that’s one reason why fresh local vegetables have been hard to come by in Denver. Read more »
The Jerusalem Artichoke got the “most interesting vegetable” award (at least in my book) at the Boulder Farmers’ Market last week. I’d seen them last fall. I was even given one as a sample by a generous farmer who noticed me hovering around them with a look of befuddlement. But alas, I tucked it into one of the many pockets of my purse, where it was left to a fate of dehydration and neglect. Cleaning out my purse a few weeks later, it no longer resembled its former self. The markets were done for the season, and my Jerusalem Artichoke aspirations were placed on hold. Read more »
