Outside: First Harvest

June 20, 2008

First Harvest

I harvested the first vegetables of the season on
Wednesday (6/18). I made a salad with the baby lettuce greens, snap peas and chives. I used the tarragon to make a sauce for pan grilled chicken breast. It was a wonderful dinner.

I'm wondering, though, why the lettuce is growing so slowly this year? I planted in early spring, and until this week we've had cooler than average weather - low 70's, mostly. I thought we'd be swimming in lettuce, but instead I just thinned it for the first time this week. Hmmmm, strange.

June 20, 2008 at 07:21 PM in Food, Greens, Harvest, Peas, Vegetables | Permalink

Comments

That first spring harvest is always so wonderful! I'm still struggling with trying to grow lettuce, which is the only veggie I really miss here.

Posted by: Joyce LaGow | June 21, 2008 at 05:33 AM

I planted a greens bed in late April, and nothing was coming up by late May so I thought it was maybe the soil I had in that bed. I added some black dirt, planted pickling cucumbers in that same bed, and now I have spinach and kale coming up with the cucumber sprouts!

Posted by: Deb | June 21, 2008 at 05:53 AM

I just started harvesting lettuce, too, and expected it earlier. But it tastes great! Your sugar snaps look wonderful. I've never had luck with those.

Posted by: My Northern Garden | June 25, 2008 at 09:56 AM

I live in Southern MN, west of Mankato and my lettuce is really slow too. A lot of things are slow this year, cukes, squash, melon, potatoes. If I used transplants, they are right on time, but the things I planted from seed are slow. I am not sure why.

Posted by: amber | June 29, 2008 at 05:41 PM

My lettuce is taking forever too, and I'm also in Minneapolis. Just when it finally looked great, a rabbit discovered a new way to sneak through the fence--clear cut the whole row. Glad you're getting to eat yours. I'm sure it was worth the wait!

Posted by: Farmer G | July 07, 2008 at 08:50 AM