The garden is growing great, and the lettuces and beets are coming on strong! Following is a harvest how to/what not to do when harvesting lettuces.
This weekend the lettuces are growing like weeds, so a large harvest is in order. Here is what the row looked like before I started:
 |
| Dragon Kale; Radishes, Lettuces |
When I had plucked my last lettuce out of the ground, Pat said: "Don't pull it up by the roots, clip them so that they are easier to clean." Okay, all I have to say is, where was he when I began??? Following was the method for this week...next week I'll try it his way. We'll just see which is easier!
 |
| First bucket of lettuces |
I gingerly clipped off the roots of each bunch. Sadie helped herself to the discards, and then tried to eat the harvest! Naughty dog! What I should have done was go ahead and remove the long stems at the same time because after I rinsed everything, I found there were long leggy stems that still needed to be removed. I'm so doing this differently next week!
 |
| Second bucket of lettuces |
 |
| Sink soak to remove dirt |
 |
| Finally finished after 2 hours! |
Once the lettuces soaked awhile in the sink, I rinsed them again and laid them out on tea towels and paper towels. Then I snipped stems again. The snipped stems were composted. Our harvest this week was 3.5 gallon-sized bags of cleaned lettuces; 1 bag of Swiss chard; some dragon kale, 3 radishes, and romain lettuce leaves. We shared one bag of lettuces with the next door neighbors. I will probably give mother a bag tomorrow. Next week I imagine I will harvest about the same if not more!
If there is a better method of harvesting lettuces, please let me know!
No comments:
Post a Comment