"FriscoSoxFan" wrote in message
ups.com...
rashishes, carrots, garlic, onions, etc. How do you know how big they
are without digging them up?

You can gently shift some of the soil from around the shoulder of them to
see how big it is. Then put it back if it's not to your liking. Alternately
you can pull the odd one, and if it's too small for you, leave it a while.
In the case of radishes, they usually could do with a bit of thinning
anyway, so pull the ones which need thinning, this will tell you how they're
doing and give the rest a bit more room. And remeber that small ones are
often the tastiest or tenderest, you don't really want massive ones unless
it's for showing.

In the case of onions and garlic, the foliage will dry up and turn brown
when it's had enough.

Steve