FUNKY GARDEN FINDS

What is the quintessential fruit or vegetable? Would you classify them as perfectly shaped with no growth deviations, or speckled, oblong and skinny? They have to taste amazing if I am going to take the time to grow them in my garden, but not everything that I plant ends up looking perfect and in my opinion the funkier the shape the better. Here are some photos from my garden over the past year that I thought would make a nice blog of funky garden finds. Pulling a carrot out of the soil and being surprised by its root diversion, or asymmetry gives it that quality of  looking “home-grown” and not the super perfect produce we find at the grocery store. I called the Master Gardener Hotline  of San Diego this week to ask about my carrot with two roots, I was informed that I over-watered my orange friend which caused it to create two roots instead of one. Even though it turns out that my carrot was a gardening blunder, I liked its uniqueness and it still tasted great so I consider it a success!

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I look forward to the next growing season with anticipation of what I might find under the soil, up in the trees and growing on vines! Watching how soil conditions, sunlight exposure, air temperatures and watering ratios can create different growth patterns and outcomes is simply amazing.

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Enjoying the process of creating, growing and planting.

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