The sun finally came out here in the Sunshine State… hooooray! And the garden just soaked it up. Do you remember this picture?
Look at it now just barely 2 weeks later:
Just 2 weeks later and it has grown enough for this huge bowl of greens plus some:
That whole bowl of mesclun only cost me approximately $.20! A sprinkle of seeds, a little bit of water (mostly rain), a little bit of fertilizer & soil, and I have enough lettuce to last the whole the week! The books all say it will come back after I cut it down, we’ll see….
My eggplants, despite the earlier battle with earwigs, are thriving as well:
Those beautiful purple blooms are going to beautiful purple eggplants before you know it!
The green onions rooted well and are ready to be plucked out of the pot whenever I need one.
It’s alive, it’s alive!! My basil is making a great comeback after all the unseasonal rain and pests. I’m so relieved and I am so looking forward to the first caprese salad of the season.
And speaking of caprese, my first tomatoes are just about 2 weeks from being picked! Look at those little green nuggets, I can hardly wait!
All in all, it’s a been a fruitful 2 weeks of sunshine and growing in the garden. Fingers crossed… maybe I’ll get to pick a cherry tomato or two next week…
