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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-26, Page 53Paste 20 Try some mustard greens What are your basic tossed salad ingredients? Lettuce, radish, tomatoes, green onions, occasionally spinach or endive in season and a pinch of fresh dill or other herbs, right? Very few gardeners know how good mustard greens taste in salads. Tender, young mustard leaves have a peppery nip and a mild, distinctive taste ap- preciated by almost- all ad- venturous eaters. Substitute (chopped mustard greens for half the lettuce in salads. Mustardgreens have been held back by being typed as a Southern vegetable for sim- mering alone u,. with pork. They are delicious cooked but they are not just a Southern vegetable. Quick growing mustard greens will thrive anywhere in the USA if planted to mature during cool weather. The name "mustard greens" is unfortunate. The greens don't have a mustard flavor. Con- diment mustard is made from mustard seeds from a different species. The only similarity between the taste of greens and " prepared mustard is in the mild peppery tang. Mustard greens will mature in '` --'about 45 days from planting. u first harvest will be ready in o y 30 days, in the form of surplus seedlings thinned out of the row. Young mustard plants are classed as "semi -hardy" and can be planted 3 to 4 weeks prior to the average date of the last killing frost in the spring. Late summer is' a good time for seeding a fajl crop. Three kinds of mustard greens ' are usually available — smooth leaf, curly leaf and a variety with broad stems preferred for oriental cooking. Smooth -leaved varieties win out where the soils are sandy because the leaves are easier t6 wash. The curly -leaved , tyfes are superior for salads; they fluff up tossed salads much. like curly endive. • Brighten your yard • llliminate your patio • Light your garden with OUTDOOR LIGHTING From PIER LIGHTING STUDIO 30 NORTH ST. GODERICH 324-2241 Vegetable planting chart shows when to sow VARIETY' INDOOR STARTS OUTDOORS STARTS I BEST SPROUTING TEMP. l'FI AVG. DAYS TO SPROUT SEEDING DEPTH/ DIST, PLANT SPACING NECESSARY' SEN' Mk. frost' BEST TIME Asparagus No • - Late spring through late summer 65° • 75° 14 - 21 ';" deep, �•• apart 2' after 1st fte Beans, Pole No - Early summer through midsummer 70° - 80° 7 - 14 1 deep' 3" apart , Hills -3' Beans, Bush No - Early summer through midsummer 700.- 80° 7 - 143•' 1'' deep, apart 6 Beans, Bush Lima No - Early summer 70 ° • 80° • •• 14 - 21 1" deep, 6 8" apart 12 Deets & Swiss Chard No - Early summer through late summer 65°'- 75° 14 - 21 A deep, t" apart Beets 3" f Sw.Chdm8•' Broccoli & Brussels Sprouts For spr tog crop 6 to 8 O Late summer for fall crop 66°- 75 7 • 14 h" deep, A,;s" apart 1 Y;' 3' Cabbage & Cauliflower For spring rrop i 6 to.8 Late summer for fall crop o5 0- 75 o 7 • 14 Y.- deep, 1" apart Cab. 2' Caul. 27,3' Carrots Z No- Late spring through late summer 6b0 - 75° 14 - 21 j_• apa P t " 2 Celery 1� For sprung o 0 rron ' 12 to 16 Late summer for fall crop 60 • 70 14 - 21 1/8" deep, t" apart Collards ~Early spring where summers are 0 _ No - cool •late summer elsewhere 65 7507 - 14 %'+" deep, 2" apart 3' apart Corn, Sweet i No ) - Early summer through midsummer 65°-75° 1 - 14 i 70° • 80° . 7 - 14 " deep, .3" apart .-1.' deep— 4" apart ,• • deep, :;''s apart Hrus•3' _R_ow_s-12" Groups - 4' Cucumbers Only short i sun mens f 4 to G Early summer through midsummer Eggplant i Necessary 8 to 12 - , 70° • 80° 14 • 21 J :,, j `' Endive Optionat 16 to 8 Late summer for fall harvest 65° - 75° 14 - 21 �'•• aparP 1 8.12 Lettuce Melons` Cantaloupes &watermelons Mustard Greens Optional 8 to 10 ' Anytime except midsummer 155° - 65° v Optlondl 14 to 6 Early summer -after danger 70° • 80° . i of frost " deep. T 1421 # :;•• apart 14 - 21j 1 deep' 1�4" apart 7 • 14' 5 G" deep, 14 - 21 112"deepapart,' Hd. Rm. 12" Lf :Srathd 8" Grs ri0"" • Gros.8 10' No 3 - j Anytime except midsummer ; 60° •75 ° •? TEarly summer' 70° 80° 12 12-18" 1 Okra Optional l 4 to 6 Onions Optional ( G to 8 1 Bermuda & Green- late summer °• ° (Other -early sDg• thru midsum, �'60 75 14 - 21 %".deep, i," apart 4„ — _ Parsley . Optional 1 8 to 10 j No . - -.i Late spring through late summer } 65° - 75° i 21 - 28 ,4„:.,' deap:Pr t' 1 6" -P-arsnrps • - Early spring through midsummer 160° • 75° 14 - 21 FVery early spring and where -60° - 70° - _• 14. • 21 wnters are mll, late summn,rr, Early summer for fall crop ' 70° • 80° 14 •• 21 f i." tleep, 1" apart 1.2" deep, z' apart , 1 . aparp 4:6" R.•o, ws•2" • -�_ } 12.18 Peas Peppers Pumpkin% Rad.she' Spinach ' No • Optional ' 10 to 12, No . -. - No ' - - ' No - S Early summer 1 Anytime except midsummer Very early spring or late summer t 70° - 800 f 7 - 14 4.. aper`; S Grps.6.8' 1 65° - 75° i 7 . t 4 ` F+•' deep, 1 ;,- apart p •2., 1 4" ! 60° - 70° i 14 • 21! y?' deep, 1 i," apart Spinach, New Zealand __... .... _ _....- Squash, Summer SquashNinter Tomatoes Turnips No _ No Na i Optional r 'N NO"' - - - i Late spring.through midsummer ; 65° - 75° 7 • 141 :'•. ape:°; } 4" " Early summer through midsummer? 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