2004 May 6: I planted 2 small rows using both seed from
the package and seed I collected in 1999.
July 31: No sprouts, perhaps because they got temporarily covered with mulch at the critical time.
2003 May 3: I planted 2 rows, one with seed from
the package and one with the seed I collected in 1999.
May 21: Sprouts today, following the recent rain.
July 4: They are starting to flower
without ever having developed large roots.
2002 May 12: Planted some seeds.
28: Sprouts.
July 24: In flower.
I guess they were missed when they were ready to eat.
August 1: I cleared them away.
2001 May 3: I planted a few seeds near the tarragon, some from a package and some from last year's crop.
May 18: They are up, both kinds.
June 6: I ate a small one.
June 30: I harvested the last small ones.
July 1: I cleared out the bed. They were starting to flower..
2000 May 21: I sowed 2 small rows beside the matthiola.
27: Sprouts.
July 1: Ready for eating.
August 8: I cleared them out a while ago. Those not eaten early had turned woody.
1999 June 12: I bought a package of Cherry Belle radish seeds
at Wal-Mart for $0.77 yesterday, and planted a few of them today.
17: Sprouts!
29: A few more planted.
July 12: I harvested 4.
August 3: I have harvested half of the second batch.
The first batch is going into blossom.
I want the seeds.
14: There are large stalks of flowers,
which attract cabbage white butterflies and bees.
~September 21: I pulled them up, and saved a few seed pods.
They are quite rank looking as they go to seed,
and seemed to be growing without limit.