Harvest Monday May 27, 2024

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s still salad season here, and last week I cut both red and green oakleaf lettuces for our use. Our salad creations are never boring, with all sorts of ingredients beside the lettuce, and usually topped with croutons I make from our homemade bread. We supplement with other veggies we buy, though we will use whatever homegrown ones we have available.

Salanova Red Oakleaf lettuce

Salanova Green Oakleaf lettuce

lettuce salad with croutons

We did cut the last spears of asparagus last week, and my wife got a photo to document the occasion. It was a pretty good year for it, and we harvested just under 13 pounds over an 8 week period. We roasted some of the last spears, along with roasted potatoes and some pan-seared tilapia fish fillets.

last asparagus harvest

roasted asparagus

And while the asparagus is done for, the red raspberries are ripening! We’re getting just enough to enjoy for our breakfasts, and the flavor is great compared to those we buy.

red raspberries

I also pulled an overwintered Forum onion that was beginning to bulb up. This variety is not known to be a long keeping onion, but we will use most of them at this stage and we should be well supplied for our onion needs. I set out a variety of onion plants this spring and they are about ready to pull for scallions.

Forum onion

In non-harvest news, last week we picked up a new hardy hibiscus plant from a local nursery. It’s called Luna White, and gets about 24-36 inches tall. The white blooms should make it a great addition to our collection of hibiscus. I was impressed by how many buds were on the small plant already.

Luna White hibiscus

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!