The last of the spring spinach, lots of lettuce, bok choi, a little swiss chard and collards, most of the rest of the spring radishes, lettuce thinnings and the first salad turnips.
Perpetual Lettuce
For years, we’ve put up with uneven lettuce harvests — too much some weeks and none at all on others. We knew that the key to a continuous harvest was to plant more regularly throughout the season, so we decided to schedule our lettuce space.
We divided the space in 4 beds (based on an 8 week seed-to-harvest schedule). The first plantings were sown indoors in March. In April, we began transplanting the indoor seedlings and planting seed in the garden. The plan is to harvest from each bed for 2 weeks, then immediately replant the bed and begin harvesting from the next bed.
Our first lettuce harvest was on May 24th and it’s looking like we’re on track to keep the plan going for the rest of the season. Voila, perpetual lettuce!
Special thanks to Dick for providing the post title.
Today’s Harvest – June 7, 2014
Spinach, lettuce, baby bok choi, the main crop of spring radishes, and baby lettuce thinnings..
Our first real harvest of 2014
Radishes, spinach & lettuce.
An unusual visitor today…
We don't think it's a pollinator, but as long as it doesn't chew on leaves or roots, we'll leave it alone.
The Babies are Almost Ready to Leave the House
Some of the seedlings that I'm fostering under lights are almost ready to go outside into the garden. Seen here are several different kinds of lettuce, leeks, spinach, red and green cabbage, and Brussels sprouts. The cabbage and Brussels sprouts are a bit slower and will probably need another week under the lights.
