Reply #17: If tomatilloes work well for you [View All]

[noamnety]

You might try ground cherries, too. Yum. Last year was my first time ever growing/tasting those, they're a definite keeper. I got addicted.

I tried luffas, finally decided my season just isn't long enough for them.

I hate radishes, but the husband eats them and they are a dependable grower so I usually plant a few. And then because the garden is my domain and I hate the radishes, I don't always get around to harvesting them. Last year I finally copped on that when they go to seed, they make pods like peas, and those are way more tasty than the radishes themselves, and it's a better value - since one plant keeps producing them all season it seems as long as you keep them picked. This year I splurged and got a pack of "rattail radishes" - grown for the pods. Here's a typical daily harvest from just three regular radishes I let go to seed last year: