Success! My 2025 garden was started in October, 2024 and since I have already harvested garlic scapes and lots of lettuce, its time for another update! I planted seeds for both Boro (purchased from High Mowing Seeds ) and Detroit Red (purchased locally) beets. I have no idea which are which. I kept planting because none came up - and then a bunch came up. This year, thinning and a long cool spring made all of the difference. These beets are sugar sweet and smooth. Their huge size did not affect their texture. I have been baking them wrapped in foil like a baked potato, then trimming, slipping off the peels and slicing them. I have more out there including some Golden Beets. I just need time to get them canned. A favorite recipe for our family for using the "juice" from cooked beets when making canned or pickled beets is my Raspberry "B" Jelly (beet jelly), recipe found HERE . Music Garlic, purchased from Baker Creek Onions, purchas...
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