It consisted of lettuce (mostly Black Seeded Simpson and Freckles Romaine; 0.9 oz), spinach (2.4 oz), a few small radishes (1 oz), and some cilantro. The lettuce, radish and some spinach went into my first salad from the garden for 2014. The second harvest was a single, small red onion (1.2 oz), which went with the rest of the spinach and the cilantro into an omelette.
All last week we had temperatures in the upper 80's and even hit the 90's a few days, so all my spring crops are ready to bolt. I doubt the radishes or onions are going to get any bigger, so I probably need to pull them all. Based on the forecast, the temperatures are going to continue to be high until Thursday. I attempted to make a shade cloth cover using some weed cloth:
Unfortunately I came home today and the wind had picked up the weed cloth and blown it off the hoops. I need to get some more rebar so that I can make more hoops, which will hopefully help it stay in place. I don't know if this will prevent my spring crops from bolting, but I thought I might as well try!
In other news, I added a harvest tracking table on the side that I will attempt to keep updated. I discovered that if you use a Google spreadsheet, it is supposed to automatically update, although it's not the prettiest table!
That's all the harvests coming from my garden this week, to see what others are harvesting check out Harvest Monday at Daphne's Dandelions.
Your harvest looks good to me. Even your radishes look better than mine! LOL It is so good to be eating anything from our gardens! I have started trying to weigh my produce. What a pain! Guess I don't have a lot of patience trying to read my scales! Maybe I will eventually learn how! Happy Gardening this week! Nancy
ReplyDeleteI was debating whether to weigh harvests this year. I agree that it is a pain, but it makes me realize how much I really get from my garden (hopefully!). We'll see how long I keep it up. And yes, it's so nice to eat from the garden again!
DeleteLovely harvest. We got some heat the last few days too. 88F yesterday. But today is back in the 50s. Now if we could just get some 70s it would be pleasant.
ReplyDeleteI told my spring crops that they just have to make it until Thursday because the 90 degree weather is supposed to end and 70 degree weather is arriving.
DeleteThat's a great idea using the weed cloth for shade! I tried using weed cloth around my fruit trees, but found that the weeds grew through it & were that much harder to get out. So I was left with all this weed cloth, but I figured it would eventually be good for something!
ReplyDeleteMy weed cloth didn't stop grass from growing either. I'm hoping that since it must let some light through and the sides are open, that it will be enough light for the spring crops. Now if only I could get the wind to stop blowing it away!
DeleteNot only the first harvest, things which we get from our home garden is precious always. Nice shed made by you for the plants!
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