Readers, Welcome to my blog (formerly Birds, Blooms, Books, etc). I'm entering a new decade taking on the challenge of moving from Maryland after living there 46 years and learning about my new home here in New England in the Live Free or Die state - New Hampshire. Join me as a write this new chapter of my life.
Showing posts with label lettuce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lettuce. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2015

Harvest Monday - June 1st

Tomato plants are in as are peppers.  Cucumber is sprouting.  Snow peas are flowering. Garlic is producing scapes. Blueberries filling out.  Lettuce finishing up. Bok choy all picked.

Here are a few shots.  I haven't always remembered to take the photos.

Bok choy getting rinsed.  I have several bags in the refrigerator.

Bok choy marinating in lime juice and garlic for grilling.  That was so so.  I think if I do it again I'll try a different seasoning. 


Garlic scapes on top of spinach harvest.  I used the scapes to make Daphne's garlic scape dressing.


A basketful of assorted lettuces.


What's in your garden basket?

Monday, May 11, 2015

Harvest Monday & What The Vegetable Garden Looks Like

Stop over with Daphne to see what other gardeners are harvesting.

I've been getting some lovely salad greens all last week and on Mother's Day Sarah used some of the tatsoi in a oriental soup.


Love these scissors from Pampered Chef for cutting up lettuce.


Use these snips on herbs - 4 blades cut them fine.


Greens in salad spinner - also a handy kitchen gadget.


Sunday's harvest.


Here's the vegetable garden this morning.  Last week I finished putting down the plastic mulch.


My spinach is the biggest I have had in a long time.  It's Regiment Spinach.


This bed has tatsoi, two kinds of lettuce and two kinds of bok choy.


These lettuces I grew inside and transplanted so much larger than seeded.


Garlic doing well, though bed needs weeding.


Another bed with garlic and varieties of lettuce.


So far the voles have not found this second sowing of snow peas.  Bok choy there too.  I will pick some of them tonight along with spinach for beef sukiyaki.


Monday, May 5, 2014

Harvest Monday - May 5th

Thursday of last week I was able to pick lettuce directly from the garden for the first time for our evening meal.  I harvested two types: butter crunch and green ice.  They made a delicious salad.



Tomatoes could be looking better.  After Mother's Day they will go into the garden.  I've been hardening them off and exposing them to natural sunlight.


How does your garden grow?


Gardening for Granny.