Harvest Monday is hosted by Daphne's Dandelions. Stop by and see what others are harvesting.
I'm still harvesting large amounts of lettuce.
I'm also starting to harvest some of the smaller shallots to use as scallions.
The green cabbage was removed and discarded. There was so much bug damage that I did not think the heads would amount to much. In it's place I decided to to see what I could create with all of the odd pieces of bamboo I have. Here is the result, I planted some pole beans on one side and will plant a my cucumber seedlings on the other.
The daylily seedling that I showed last week opened its second flower. Wow! What a difference. The form is much improved, larger bloom size and clearer color.
The last view is late in the day, still looking good.
This week I'm going to have to bite the bullet and start to harvest those huge escarole heads. I've been putting it off because it's going to take so long wash them and then figure out what to store them in.
Beautiful lettuce! Mine is sadly all gone so have to wait until fall for fresh salad. That lily is huge and gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenny. I'm hoping to stretch out the lettuce until the summer lettuce seedlings are ready in a few weeks.
DeleteI'm very happy with that daylily seedling. I just wish I new it's parentage!
how do you keep letuce from turning bitter in summer heat? is there a special variety?
DeleteThe younger lettuce does not get bitter. It only gets bitter when it starts to bolt. The one variety that has showed no signs of bolting is 'Gentilina'. It's a frilly green Italian variety.
DeleteI need another rabbit ;-)
ReplyDeleteToo bad about your green cabbage. I'm going to cut my first one today and get it chilled for tomorrow's cole slaw. I think I'll be pulling my snap peas out this week, and use that spot to plant more pole beans before it's too late for them. They just cannot seem to survive the bug attack along the wood fence. Darned bugs and worms!
I can send you a few, they are running rampant in my neighbors yards.
DeleteMy peas will be coming out next week. The first if the seed pods have ripened, so the rest won't be far behind.
I'm still trying with the ploe beans. I'm hoping to get some to survive from this last round...
So far my cabbage is doing ok. It did get some hail damage last week but I think we will get to harvest one head soon. I like the bamboo trellis.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that your cabbage is ok. I'll still have red, but no green this summer.
DeleteI'm happy with how the trellis turned out. I just took some bamboo and string and started playing.
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DeleteLovely lettuce!
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie!
DeleteGreat lettuce harvest. We cut what will be pretty much the last of ours this week. It's getting so hot the plants are bolting and getting bitter. Time to feed it to the chickens!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, mine is starting to bolt as well. I do have one variety 'Gentilina' that shows no sign of bolting. The temps are going into the 90's, so this will be a good test.
DeleteSuch pretty lettuce. All mine have bolted. I need to get them pulled out soon. I don't need the space until the peas are pulled though. I wish I had time to let them go to seed, but I don't think I do.
ReplyDeleteI'm letting three plants go to seed. They are in a flower bed, of course. Two plants of 'Ruby' whose seed is getting very hard to find and a speckled one from the 'Wild Garden Mix'. It has Iceberg textured leaves, but does not head.
DeleteYour lettuce looks wonderful and I love all your daylillies. The only one I have is a Stella d' Oro which does not seem to set seed.
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