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Drink Your Beets!

While watering the vegs this morning I thinned out a few beets. It is important to thin beets because beets are a dried fruit with 1-5 seeds in each fruit. Thinning is très important. If several seedlings emerge from one fruit in the same spot quickly yank out the weakest link and thin to 1 seedling per 1”. After 3-4 weeks thin to 3-5 inches apart.

Or you can soil block your beets like I do and transplant your seedling 3-5 inches apart from the get go. You’ll still have to sacrifice a beet like described above but you’ll only thin your seedlings once instead of twice.

Here’s kind-of- a-meal from the garden. I skipped the usual lemon water this morning and instead went straight for a smoothie. The beet thinnings are from my garden. The kumquats were scored through the food exchange and the vanilla almond milk is homemade. Here’s a short “video.”

Disclaimer: Punk rock will be heard.

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  1. christina on Thursday 16, 2009

    love the video.

    when is your podcast happening?? i have questions…little creatures are starting to eat some of my leaves & i don't know what to do about organic pest control?!?

  2. Fern @ Life on the Balcony on Thursday 16, 2009

    Great video Adriana! I love it!!

  3. Erick Lux on Thursday 16, 2009

    Brilliant! Perfect song choice considering the circumstance. (sorry to hear about that)

    I have a recipe for beets and vegan German sausage. I usually play a Ramones song while making it.

    (Beet on the Brat) (yeah, that’s the wurst joke ever)

  4. My Funny Little Frog on Thursday 16, 2009

    Great Video!! And yum- Beets! I have a friend who says roasting them kicks ass. God, I wonder how I am going to fit one more thing into the garden! I think it is time to convice my husband to rip out the driveway and build some raised beds.

  5. Gramps on Thursday 16, 2009

    That was hilarious. Next time, how about a recipe for earwig smoothies (not vegan, I know). Those suckers annihilated my kale seedlings.

  6. Joan on Thursday 16, 2009

    Thanks for the post! I love beets.

    I actually grow my beets all close together for the first couple of weeks and then when I transplant, I give them about 3 inches all around. As they get bigger, I pick the fastest growing ones first and let the other ones grow. I love how beets can be transplanted, not like carrots.

    Also, since the golden ones have iffy germination, this works pretty good for them.

  7. Judita on Thursday 16, 2009

    I love the video! and the smoothie looks delish!



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