That’s great turnips on Christmas congratulations!
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Anyone fall cropping any root crops this year? @JeremiahT any turnips in the ground? We dont have much water at all this year but i might try to grow more vegetables near the water.
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I missed my chance. We had rain several weeks ago but I had other things going on so I decided to wait for the next rain to plant. Of course it hasn’t rained since. Goes to show you shouldn’t pass up a good chance of rain to get some seeds in the ground. Hopefully we get some snow this winter to recharge the soil. It’s like concrete out there right now.
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I’ve got a good stand of them this year. All Gold Ball and Gilfeather. I always recommend Gilfeather turnip as an exceedingly fine and adaptable winter root crop. Despite its Vermont origins, it performs well in Kentucky. It’s large, hardy, tender and sweet; and it keeps very well in the field. Only downside to it is that the woodland voles will sometimes nibble on it. Its culture is identical to rutabagas—needs to be sown out earlier than turnips, ideally mid-July, and no later than early August. It has rutabaga-type foliage (also a good green) and white flesh like a turnip, but the big roots taste much better than either a turnip or the common run of rutabagas.
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Might be worth mentioning that I tried adding turnips to my regular napa cabbage/carrot kraut/ferment- and it’s PHENOMENAL.
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i do chard, spinach, and other bitter greens into beginning of winter to get them for solstice dinner and turkey day. warmest spot in the garden, next to house or greenhouse or shed where there’s some heat loss.
i had plans for a cold frame for lettuce this year but it got too late to finish. next year.
turnips and winter radish might be an attempt next year after reading this thread!
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