First Harvest

I planted in two batches. The cold weather held back the first planting, and now they are nearly even.
Top left is before today’s thinning, top right is after. We’ll see if it recovers.

I noted in the previous post I was going to harvest my lettuce. I didn’t, actually, as my digestive system has been wonky from top to bottom, perhaps from still present vertigo. I’ve had several days of white rice and toast, mainly. But I decided to risk it today. The lettuce was overdue for thinning, and clearly big enough for actually eating the thinnings.

So early this morning I sat there and laboriously selectively pulled and cut my overplanted lettuces. As I did, a few went directly into my mouth. The sharp taste of arugula was pure spring on my tongue.

I separated into edible and not-so-edible as I went, with the edibles going into the basket from my lettuce spinner. A thorough rinse in the spinner, a few robust turns to dry it out, and then into the fridge to wait for lunchtime.

Just finished my lunch! Yum! All gone, so quickly! But this was the least bug, slug, and bunny-eaten lettuce I’ve ever raised. My little container on the patio was a great idea. I have to fence it off from the Very Hungry Labrador, and that keeps bunnies out, too, so far. Birds and squirrels haven’t been an issue.