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Fermenting & Pickling | Garden of Eatin' | Recipes | Seeds & Seedlings | You Can Eat That?!

You Can Eat the Seed Pods on Your Radish Plants—Here’s How

Just because your radish plants started flowering doesn’t mean they’re done for the season. Harvest the green seed pods (yes, they’re edible!) and quick pickle them for one last hurrah from your crop. Radish seed pickles are uniquely delicious with a peppery crunch.

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