First harvest of the year...lettuce, chard

**nctomatoman** · April 21, 2007

What a joy to walk out to the garden and snip outer leaves off of young lettuce and chard plants and whip up a nice salad to go with dinner. I have a few different lettuce - Carmen and Magenta, Orielles du Diable, Bronze Arrowhead - and Bright Lights chard. Amazing, intense deep red color of Carmen. (this is the first year in many that I have other "stuff" in the main garden aside from tomatoes, peppers and basil! this year, all tomatoes will be in pots in my driveway.)

I think that we finally will have consistenly warm weather - so tomorrow the plans are to plant basil, maybe a row of bush beans, and the squash and cuke seedlings that are anxious to escape their 4 inch pots. And even a few tomato, pepper and eggplants in pots if I have any energy left!

April 21, 2007	#1
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	First harvest of the year...lettuce, chard What a joy to walk out to the garden and snip outer leaves off of young lettuce and chard plants and whip up a nice salad to go with dinner. I have a few different lettuce - Carmen and Magenta, Orielles du Diable, Bronze Arrowhead - and Bright Lights chard. Amazing, intense deep red color of Carmen. (this is the first year in many that I have other "stuff" in the main garden aside from tomatoes, peppers and basil! this year, all tomatoes will be in pots in my driveway.) I think that we finally will have consistenly warm weather - so tomorrow the plans are to plant basil, maybe a row of bush beans, and the squash and cuke seedlings that are anxious to escape their 4 inch pots. And even a few tomato, pepper and eggplants in pots if I have any energy left! __________________ Craig