Because we only had moderate success with our vegetable garden last summer (we just have so many trees surrounding our back yard, there aren't many spots with full sun), we've scaled back this year.
I'm going to plant some tomatoes next weekend in large pots that I can move around to make sure they get as much sun as possible, but for now we are sticking with herbs and lettuce--and this is the first big salad that we've made with our own mesclun.
You know it's local when you can take maybe fives steps out your back door and get the lettuce, right?
Nena added some some sliced strawberries (not local, they aren't in season here yet) and some goat's milk feta from Catapano Dairy Farm. With a light drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar and some extra virgin olive oil...what more do you need?
That sounds perfect. Our little lettuces are doing great, and our strawberries are an inch away from being ripe... now we just have to make sure we get to them before the birds do!
Posted by: Jennifer Hess | June 03, 2007 at 11:10 AM
Beautiful looking lettuce Lenn. Really nice job. I want to try that on my deck. Do you spray it? How do you keep pests away?
Posted by: BrooklynGuy | June 04, 2007 at 10:32 AM
We actually don't spray at all...it's doing amazingly well this year in our little herb garden.
We had some inch worm issues last year, but last year must have been a particularly bad year....no problems at all so far this year.
As for larger pests, we have our trusty beagle to stand watch and secure the perimeter.
Posted by: Lenn | June 04, 2007 at 10:37 AM