so, a rugula walks into a bar... wait, that's not how it goes. i'm not sure where i was headed with that. i just think that arugula is a funny word, but a very tasty green. and we've got plenty of it growing in the yard, among other things.
merlot lettuce, onions, and arugula
i'm loving the deep color of the heirloom merlot lettuce. i picked the seeds up at madison market (the selection of seed packs is always a tempting distraction from my grocery list. i mean, technically, they help me make my own groceries. am i right? let's mull on that). anyway, they're from uprising seeds out of bellingham. and if i recall, i purchased the arugula seeds last year at the lopez island farmers market. we're headed back up there this weekend, so i'm hoping to grab some more.
in addition to the merlot, we've got about five other types of lettuces going, along with sugar snap peas, broccoli, corn, tomatoes, pac choi, onions, corn, cucumbers, squash, garlic, potatoes, yada yada yada.
oh broccoli, you've been a long time coming.
pac choi (this is a garden first)
is it wrong that whenever i think of pac choi, i think of the chili's "i want my baby back, baby back..." song? note - when you say "back" with a long "a," and you add "choi" to the end, this reference makes total sense.
an overview of the large beds
potatoes are up.
we're testing out the bin method this year.
and to top it all off, we just ate our first strawberry this evening. yeah, that's right, i said berry. we cut it in half. it was good.
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