Marci was the first to figure it out….a lettuce bed! Gwen came in with the right answer too 🙂
Just about the time each summer that tomatoes are in full production, my lettuce bolts. Ya’ll know that NOTHING tastes better than a lettuce, tomato, onion and cheese sandwich on toast….but my lettuce ALWAYS bolts in July. Even though I succession plant, the heat is too much and even tiny little lettuce plants become bitter. By the time the weather has cooled off and lettuce is abundant again, then many of the things I like to eat with it are waning in the garden.
This year I will try to keep this little bed going under the shade of the tree. The fence panels are to keep the chickens and banty hens out. If this is successful, then next year we will create a permanent bed on a much larger scale under a tree.
This was fun! Next post….I need your suggestions on naming a new soap….I”ll post a picture and describe it. This time there will be a *real* prize for the winner!
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