Showing posts with label produce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label produce. Show all posts

Friday, July 22, 2011

Garden Fresh Lettuce

I'm not terribly pleased with my lettuce yet.  Just as it takes once or twice to get a new recipe to work out perfectly, it takes a little time to perfect growing plants you're going to eat.  One of the things I've noticed though is that if I pick it, bring it inside, wash it, cut it, and place it in a bag it gets used much faster.  Romaine lettuce is just one of those things that I like having chopped up and ready to go in the fridge. It's almost done growing with the temperatures getting hotter and hotter.  I started some more inside but I might just rip the row out and put the seed directly in the ground and see how it goes.  



I tilled up the spinach and put in another 2 rows of green beans.  And I think I picked the last of the peas.  I might replace that with another row of green beans.  And then move the cattle panel over by the garlic and start a row of peas over then in a few week when it cools off a bit more. 

This year I've also tried experimenting with heirloom tomatoes because I love their taste for slicing.  I planted two in my square foot garden.  The Red Beef Steak is already out performing the Brandywine in buds and tomatoes that I can already see growing.  Now I see why my mom loves them so much.  I can't wait to slice into one of the heirloom tomatoes.  I love how they look too.  So much character.  

I've also got a few photos to share and a recipe for the snow peas. The kohlrabi is pretty, well the purple one but it's a bit tough.  I don't think I'll grow it again (except maybe to just use up the seed packs I have and edge a flowerbed with it)