…as well as, how to beet, chard and radish.

Also, how to hosta (although there’s not much how to when it comes to hosta). (They just make for nice photos. )

The best way to do it, at least around here at this time of year, is between 6 and 7 a.m. before the sun overtops the wall of trees to the east. It’s quite nice. Still pleasantly cool. Not too many, bugs (surprisingly). Gentle breezes. Lingering birdsong.
Enjoyable to shuffle along on either side of a row of beets, reaching down now and then, to pull a galinsoga, purslane, or bindweed. And done daily, it’s not at all a chore.
First, of course, a few drips from the coffee cup by way of offering and thanksgiving for all the growing things (weeds, too, I suppose). Then the joy of whisking away, with the collinear hoe, those things with the temerity to grow in the wrong place. Then the satisfaction of deftly wielding the watering wand, giving the roots a drink but not spritzing the leaves too much.
We are experiencing a dry period here in SE Wisconsin right now, but in spite of that, growth is rampant. And, rain is in the forecast for tomorrow. Time to go pull a few radishes for tonight’s salad.