The weather has finally shifted in the last two days and Spring feels like it has arrived in Oregon. Yesterday I was able to process my first lettuce harvest of the year. I started with the bed of "Heirloom Cutting Mix" from Renee's Garden. This is at least the third year that I have grown this mix and it is still my favorite. It's a blend of "Speckled Trout's Back", "Blush Butter Cos", "Red Ruffled Oak","Devil's Tongue", and "Sucrine". And since it comes from Renee's Garden, I can always count on a really even mix of all 5 varieties in every planting.
This stunner is a new-to-me varsity from Renee's Garden; "Sea of Red" lettuce. I wish it would have photographed a bit better. It is just a mass of deep, blood red leaves. Really a knock-out in the garden and it looks lovely in the salad bowl too.
I also harvested my first bunch of "Abundant Bloomsdale" spinach. While it is starting to perform well, I don't think this variety is a good fit for me. I haven't ever grown a heavily savoyed leaf spinach before. I discovered today that those pretty, deeply wrinkled leaves are a magnet for both dirt particles and baby slugs. As you can see there was a fair amount of damage before I picked anything. And then I had to spend a lot more time cleaning this variety than any of the other greens that I harvested. But that said, it is growing well and the leaves do look pretty in the salad bowl. So, my final harvest for today was:
- "Heirloom Cutting Mix" Lettuce; 4.1 oz
- "Sea of Red" lettuce; 1.1 oz
- "Abundant Bloomsdale" spinach; 6.1 oz.
- Total Harvest; 11.3 oz
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4 comments:
That's a lovely bowlful of lettuce and spinach!
Those are beautiful lettuces, especially that Sea of Red. It is hard to capture a good image sometimes, at least one that really shows how something looks.
Lexa, Great start to your spring garden!! Everything looks beautlful!
Your lettuce looks so good and mixes look like a great way to get a lot of variety. That's a bummer about the savoy spinach though, slugs are never fun.
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