My lettuce is growing like crazy! I started with just two packs of lettuce starts: one red, one green. Total cost was $4. I've already picked about 5 grocery-store-sized bags of lettuce from them and the end is no where in sight. With the mild weather we have here I don't think it will ever bolt or become bitter. Woo hoo for garden investments paying off!
I picked so much this morning that I was able to knock on my neighbor's door and offer her as much as she wanted. She took a big handful for a lunch salad.
A separate, but related gardening update for today... I noticed the neighbor's fruit trees are starting to put out cherries, apples, and peaches, so I hope that we can arrange a trade: my veggies and greens for her fruit! I don't think she and her husband do much with the fruit; they told me they bought the property with the mature trees already in place. Perhaps we can make a neighborly deal and share the bounty :) I wouldn't mind climbing up to the top of her huge cherry tree to get the ones no one can reach!
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