the broccoli leaves nearly to skeletons, but we got 2 more flowerets yesterday. Also yesterday, I made “fried salad” that is, stirfried greens and stuff. Most of my lettuce is starting to bolt, between 2 weeks of not being picked and almost continual rain.

The resulting forest required a large amount of weeding yesterday and I also picked enough greens to make a “mess ‘o greens” for dinner with 1/2 a tomato, a red bell pepper, and some onion. Not the most imaginative dinner I’ve ever made, but it was pretty cheap as the main component came out of the garden.

Also this year’s leeks have budded and the garlic has proud green shoots. Soon, I’ll harvest one of the leeks and let the other go to seed. When the garlic has bloomed and kneed over I’ll dig it up too.

I’m out of commercial garlic, all I have left is the end of last year’s harvest, 3 or 4 (?) heads. I need to use ‘em up before I get THIS year’s harvest!

Tonight’s dinner (DH’s birthday) is lasagna w/homemade marinara, fresh peas, salad (greens from the garden, tomato, pepper and a balsamic vinegarette). The birthday cake is going to wait until Thursday probably and that will be carrot muffins or carrot cake w/ricotta icing (instead of cream cheese).

I hope the ricotta icing works, it will make it fat free, something we try for these days!

jkd