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carrots
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I am so enjoying having the raised beds this year. It's been so easy to grow vegetables and keep up with it. The amount of space used is small, and it's easy to water because they're right next to the hose.

In return, I've been rewarded with fresh lettuce, and now the carrots are harvestable and the zucchini and yellow squash are growing like crazy.

I think I'd always been a bit skittish about growing my own food, thinking it would end up being gnarled and weird-looking and -tasting. But it's really delicious and fresh and more real than store-bought, which has grown stale in its travels.



I'm really looking forward to the broccoli getting big enough to eat. This teeny little florette is so tempting, though!



I let the cilantro go to flower, and at first was bummed, but then I remembered that you can get coriander seeds once it blooms, and then I was happy again.



Now that I'm harvesting certain sections, I can begin planting another round of crops. I'm thinking of planting some more radishes, plus corn and another round of mesclun lettuce. Not sure if I have enough time in the season for corn, but it's worth a shot! If nothing else, I'll have good Halloween/Thanksgiving decorations.