It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s still salad season here, though I am afraid warmer weather will soon bring an end to that. The Muir lettuce is a new favorite, making big leaves that are great for salads or sandwiches. This batch wound up in a wilted lettuce salad, which is a seasonal favorite of mine.
Muir lettuce
The Salanova lettuce line is another of my favorites. I cut a head of Salanova Green Butter last week for salads. The individual leaves are fairly small, and can be used whole in salads. It takes more than one or two to do justice to a sandwich though.
Salanova Green Butter lettuce
leaf of Salanova Green Butter
I cut a few mixed greens for a frittata we had for lunch one day. This is a mix of Mizspoona, Tuscan Baby Leaf kale and Central Red mizuna. These greens are also tasty on salads, and if it was soup weather here they would work for that too.
greens for frittata
Asparagus is still coming on strong, and we will likely keep cutting it for another week or two. We’ve cut over 11 pounds so far, which is less than usual but still plenty to keep us well supplied if not really enough to share.
asparagus harvest
I harvested another batch of microgreens last week. This was the Mild Micro Mix from Johnny’s seeds that includes mizuna, cabbage, kale, and kohlrabi. You would be right in thinking I am a big fan of growing microgreens, especially at this time of year when the harvests are not so plentiful. I have another batch that will be ready in a few days, and other one ready about a week after that.
Mild Micro Mix
Our cherries trees are going to give us enough fruit for a small cobbler this year. They are getting too much shade from nearby trees, and at this point we have decided not to replant any in another location. We enjoy what we get, and every few years we go to a local orchard and pick cherries by the bucket to stock up our freezer. We won’t be going this year though, since I am not comfortable being in an orchard with however many people decide to show up to harvest that day. I fear too many people in our area are not taking the pandemic situation seriously enough.
cherry harvest
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to share, add your name and blog link to Mr Linky below. And be sure and check out what everyone is harvesting!