This is a collection of ornamental plants offering an edible harvest all year long. Each month I will highlight my favorite plant to be harvested at the time, its uses and attributes in the garden, as well as seasonal recipes to put it to use. Enjoy!
November
December
January
February
Featured Plant: HORSERADISH!
Ornamental Qualities
Recipes
Care/Maintenance Tips
Horseradish Care
Horseradish roots are best planted in early spring, before foliage has emerged. It is easily divided by digging out a mere chunk of root and transplanting. Horseradish thrives in moist, well-drained soil in full sun. In these optimum conditions, it may run farther than you’d like it to, quickly taking over beds. To avoid this problem, try planting horseradish roots in containers, or in remote parts of the garden with poorer soil and less access to water and sun. Begin harvesting leaves for spicing up salads in spring and summer. Roots of new plants are better harvested in the fall or winter after they’ve been established in the garden a full season. Leaves begin to die back in late fall and the plant will go completely dormant for the winter. This makes harvesting much easier, and is a good time to remove any unwanted wandering roots from the bed.
