Back to Eden Garden - Radishes

One of the plants that we decided to put in our garden this year was the Giant Sicily Radish, ordered from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (www.rareseeds.com). Their description advises that this particular type of radish will produce a 2" round, bright red radish. Here is the picture from their site.

The Back to Eden video does advise that following this gardening approach can result in larger than average production. It also mentions that he does not "thin" out his garden. We have been thinning ours, but only on an as-eating approach. Keep in mind, that we did not plant our garden until the first weekend in June...and that these were planted from seed and not starter plants.

Our plants are not as circular as those in the advertisement, but that is probably due to overcrowding. Next year, I will be much more aware of my spacing when putting in those tiny little seeds! And our radishes appear to be more "hot pink" than red. Either way, I think our results are phenomenal! For comparison purposes, we used a nickel to show the size (we couln't find a quarter, which probably would have been better). Personally, I am not a huge fan of radishes, but my husband loves these. He has even found some recipes for eating the green tops.

I am sure that as we continue to thin out the rows, and provide more room, we will get results a bit rounder than root shaped. Regardless, I am quite pleased with these and plan on growing them again next year...just a little bit more spaced apart.