drivin' n cryin' over radishes

radishes at day 30ish

so the radishes should be ready, right? well crap. mature in 25 days my arse. and i was all ready for a seedling salad with radishes and buttermilk herb dressing. but no, this is what i get......

yummy roots?
well let's look a little harder.....

3 very small peppery tasty treats.

so i've been letting the radishes hibernate a little longer in the ground and i'm going to pull them up this weekend at 47 dyas and see what i get. i don't know what went wrong. did i not sow my seeds deep enough? hopefully it will just be that i picked them to soon and this weekend will prove to be more productive. but all in all, the north garden is looking really pretty. and even if i don't get around to eating anything from the fall garden, it sure has been fun watching everything grow. and if nothing else, i always have my swiss chard. i mean really, you can't kill this plant. i cut back some more leaves and pulled up a few sad looking plants that were getting shaded out by the bigger ones, and threw it all in a little pile underneath the garden hose and look what happened......

IT'S GROWING OUT OF THE TRASH HEAP!!!!!!!

and not just in one spot, but 3 separate spots.
CRAZY!!!!!

and it's hard to be too sad about the radishes when i still have the cutest puppies in the world....

sweet babies enjoying the sun.

and i finally got around to cooking up some more of the "ass load of deer meat" in the freezer....

what started out as a roast, turned into more of a stew.

and i had a little extra time last week to finally organize my cooking cabinet.....

can anyone say "sleeping with the enemy?"

and in fun stuff news, ray and i were able to catch a free in store appearance by my long time favorite band from atlanta, drivin n cryin. see that groovy dude in the back banging on the drums, that's my old friend dave. ah, brings back memories.....

hey what a minute.... i thought this amp went up to eleven??!!??