I walked out to the garden after the past days of snow and all the heavy rains of late, the sun was radiantly shining and the temps were unseasonably warmer. I was intending to make sure my garlic bed had proper hay mulch coverage, but as I glanced over to the turnip patch this is what I saw!
Turnips literally growing out of the ground! This was not the patch planted for harvesting turnips, but only for the picking of greens. The turnips roots a few rows back had already been harvested around Christmas.
(Louie, who I am convinced has a tad of dementia, loves to come to the garden with me.)
"I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes,
but I think that the turnips had more to do
with the effect than the potatoes."
~Marlene Dietrich
Do any of you enjoy eating turnips? Our most favorite way to eat them is to gently boil peeled and cubed pieces. Drain, add butter, salt and pepper.
