Thursday, March 15, 2012

Lettuce Harvest

This one was so lovely I almost didn't want to pick any of its leaves. The picture doesn't show it but it has a real reddish tinge to the leaves.
These are rather crowded. They all came from some cheap seeds that I bought for a quarter that said "salad mix" on them.
I just took enough to make me a salad for lunch and I also picked the two radishes that were ready. They are a bit ugly but I am not picky.
While down there I took a picture of the garlic growing. I have never had my garlic grow so big. It is just garlic that I bought at the store but it was the fresh garlic not the perfect stuff in the little box.
And here is a picture of one of the two summer squash seeds that has sprouted. I planted them much earlier than I usually would just to see if they would make it.
That is it for the garden pictures. In other news, Michelle is baking oatmeal, chocolate chip cookies. Now Michelle cooks almost every night because we work but she doesn't cook from scratch. Usually I either have it all prepared and she just has to bake something or I give her something in a box that she just has to add a few ingredients to. I am trying to leave her alone and let her do it this time but the last time I did that was with the pumpkin pie she made which looked lovely but she had forgotten the sugar. Anyway, I am sure she is doing fine with these.
Our walk to the lake was very nice again today. Sunny and just cool enough to make walking with no jacket comfortable.

10 comments:

  1. Oh Lord, Becky, I'm very jealous of your lettuce and your "ugly" radishes! They look beautiful to me!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Your garlic is impressive! How long have they been in the ground now?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I really can't remember but I believe I planted it in early December.

      Delete
  3. Oh, I'm SO green with envy over your tender looking lettuce! We are setting cold frames out today to get started on some...

    ReplyDelete
  4. That lettuce in the first picture (the one with the red-tinged oak-leaf shaped leaves) is "Cocarde". I have grown it too.
    I hope my garlic does as well as yours. It is only just beginning to show tiny green sprouts - but then it's only been in the ground for 10 days.

    ReplyDelete
  5. I really like those oak leaf style lettuces, I grow them year round and they always seem happy whatever the weather.

    ReplyDelete
  6. This looks great, I'm chomping at the bit to get out there but I really don't trust this early warmth.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yeah, I keep looking over the extended forcast but ours keeps saying 80's. I guess I will have to put my tomato plants out after all.

      Delete
  7. Hope the cookies were good after all!!

    ReplyDelete