It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Lettuce is the only winter green I am harvesting right now, and it will be limited until I can replant for a spring crop. I sowed more seed last week, which means it will be March before any of that will be ready to eat. I have some more planted in the greenhouse beds that is sizing up, but not quite large enough yet for cutting.
Salanova Green Butter lettuce
We have plenty of food stashed away in the freezer though, and with the cold weather still hanging on it has gone into many soups lately. Greens and beans are a classic combo, and my sourdough bread is good for croutons or by the slice.
Ribollita soup
Speaking of bread, I baked a batch of Ligurian Focaccia bread last week, using an Italian type ’00’ pizza flour. The bread was light and got a great rise in the oven, but I’m not sure it was an improvement over the last batch I made with King Arthur all-purpose flour. More testing (and tasting) will be necessary in the near future!
Ligurian Focaccia bread
inside of focaccia bread
I have been doing more woodworking, including a joint effort with my wife. She has some fabric leftover from a sun printing project (using asparagus leaves), and it works well with the intarsia turtle I made. I’m working on a wooden frame for the art now, and it should look good hanging on the wall with our other art.
intarsia turtle
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 please check out what everyone is harvesting!