READY TO PICK:

ROMAINE LETTUCE

and

SWISS CHARD

Last week's sunny weather worked some magic in the vegetable garden.   All the plants had a great growth spurt, especially the leafy greens.  The Romaine lettuce and Swiss Chard leaves are lush and green - time to pick a few leaves for salad and scrambled eggs and chard.  I'm looking forward to the coming month when the plants have matured - we will have salad greens a plenty!  For now, while the plants are still young, a few leaves per plant works well to keep the leaf production stimulated without taxing it too much.

CHORES/TASKS

- Weeding (this will always be on the list :) )

- Planting:  Bean sprouts (this Friday or Saturday AM) / Trellis Structure (Thursday AM)

The potted bean sprouts at the front of the garden are getting ready to be put in the ground.  Since they're vines, they'll want to keep growing, so a string trellis will be set up so they have somewhere to climb.  

The trellis will be set up in advance of the planting so that when the bean sprouts go in the soil, they won't be further disturbed.  Beans have delicate roots and don't take well to disruption.  The relocation to the garden will be change enough. 

NOTE:  RAIN CANCELS the planting of the beans!