beets!

A couple days ago, we harvested our first crop of beets:

This was our second attempt at growing beets, and we were happy to get a crop this time. After planting some last August, we tried again in February. It's amazing how important it is to plant crops during the recommended season.

We have also learned, and this really goes without saying, to plant only the food you will actually eat. We are fans of greens (arugula, spinach, kale, lettuce, collards, etc) and we planted a bunch in February. It seems that we can't eat them fast enough, and I'm just glad that only about half of what we planted actually came up.