Thu, 24 Jul 2008
Let The Harvest Keep-on-Coming
Today, after doing some trimming and thinning of a ground cover in a bed on the side of my home and cutting the front lawn, I was able to get back to the vegetable garden. I'm so happy about how it is progressing this year. We've had regular rainfall, and that really makes a huge difference for the better in how the plants produce. I harvested oregano and lemon balm. Both are now hanging to dry in my kitchen. Actually, I have so much lemon balm that a good portion of it went directly onto the compost heap. Be careful if you plant it. It spreads everywhere. I also harvested some green and wax beans. I'll get at least one more "picking" from my plants. I harvested my lettuce, too. (See photo.) I planted Black Seeded Simpson, a reliable variety of leaf-type lettuce. I took it all out of the garden as it was quite ready and I didn't want it to bolt to seed. I had some on my sandwich for lunch. Very yummy. I am really thrilled with the poppies I have growing in the garden. Poppies don't make great cut flowers, but they are beautiful. I had some old seeds that I basically threw into a spot and to my delight, they are growing. Not big red or orange poppies, but delicate pink, salmon and white combinations. Just lovely. Hope all our friends in southern Texas made it through Dolly in a safe manner. Yesterday, we had huge wind here in northern Ohio. Not like a hurricane, but enough to really churn up Lake Erie. The waves were huge for the lake - 6-8 feet at some spots. I could hear the surf about one-half mile from the shore.
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