Hugh Mung Us Are Vest (say it aloud and quickly)

Matilde and I harvested a ton of mixed salad greens. If we continue to harvest, our plants will continue to produce, so we decided to share our bounty with our neighbors! Our neighbors to the left, right and directly across the street each received a gallon bag full of lettuces to enjoy. Matilde had fun delivering them and giving directions such as "please wash them before you eat them," and "if there's a yucky one just throw it in the compost!"  They each got a kick out of that. :) 

Andy and I feel that it's important to connect with our neighbors, and if sharing a little bit of salad assists in building our community then why not share. I hope they enjoyed eating it as much as we enjoyed growing it! 

Still Growing

This lone plant is still growing strong!  It's from the salad mix that Andy dumped out in the box last fall. Matilde yanked the other plant that survived thinking it was a weed, but I was able to stop her before she pulled this one too! 

Two days..

These guys caught my eye this week. The lettuce is growing under the warmth of the corn stalks, and the green onions are unstoppable! 

Veggies popping up in the winter...What great sight to see!

Front yard to table

What a good feeling it is to have the girls want more salad, grab the scissors, and walk outside to refill their bowls! Matilde loved hand-picking the leaves she wanted to eat! Evan was just excited to finally get to harvest the lettuces we planted. 

That's a BIG salad!

Here are a ton of salad greens and radishes that we planted in order to use our empty space. The melons will take longer to grow, so we planted lettuces that are quick to mature in the mean time. 

Head of Lettuce

Our head of lettuce is looking rounder and rounder every day. It has been fun checking in on how it is growing. Perfectly round! 

Salad anyone?

These greens are coming in terrifically. I may need to make a salad soon! 

Who's hungry?!

Some great advice from Auntie Carol:

Your greens look yummy.....  Uncle Al planted ours in old whiskey barrels and we have been eating from them for a couple of weeks now.  Just keep picking the outside leaves and they will continue to produce.
Love,  Auntie Carol