It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The weather has been seasonally cool here of late, and we continue to enjoy the lettuce I have planted in the greenhouse. Last week I cut Sea of Red and Grazion, and they went in salads and on tacos. I think homegrown lettuce has more flavor than what we buy at the grocery store, and my wife and I enjoy it often when it’s in season here. I make croutons with our homemade bread to go on salads, where they add both crunch and flavor.
Grazion and Sea of Red lettuce
lunch salad
tacos with lettuce
And we also enjoy the asparagus while it’s in season. We made another batch of Asparagus Mimosa last week, which makes for a light lunch or dinner when served with some crusty homemade bread like the Ligurian Focaccia.
I made a cutting of Mizspoona Salad Select last week for use in an egg dish and on a salad. This is a mild flavored mizuna/tatsoi cross from Wild Garden Seed with big green serrated leaves that does well for me here in container or in-ground plantings.
Mizspoona Salad Select
And I also made a cutting of arugula last week to go on a pizza. This is a mix of Speedy, Uber and Esmee I have growing this time around. Speedy is a long time favorite, while Uber and Esmee are more recent additions to our lineup.
arugula for pizza
pizza with arugula
And last but not least, the Pileated Woodpeckers have been almost daily visitors to our feeders lately. I often hear them before I see them, since they have a big voice to go with their big bodies! It’s always a treat to see these giant birds, the largest of the North American woodpeckers. This one in the photos is a male, judging by the red cheek feathers. He has been foraging around on the ground under the feeders too.
Pileated Woodpecker at suet feeder
Pileated Woodpecker on the ground
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!
The woodpecker is stunning. If we try growing lettuce at the allotment it ends up as slug fodder so we are trying to grow in the greenhouse. Removing slugs from something that you intend to eat is hardly appetising.
What a bird! Thanks for sharing the photos.