Memorial Day Harvests

Last week, the forecast called for insanely high temperatures, unusual for this time of year. I'd been putting off harvesting my ridiculous amount of lettuce http://back-yard-farmer.blogspot.com/p/2011-garden-plans.html resulting from my overzealous planning back in February, when all this food was just a dream......however, I knew that the high temperatures would cause my lettuce to bolt, resulting in a bitter taste, and wasted effort. So, instead of packing for our camping trip, I spent two days harvesting lettuce, rinsing lettuce, bagging up lettuce, and finding spots in my refrigerator and in my friends' refrigerators for all this lettuce. I gave lettuce to my kid's teachers, to the occupational therapist, to the OT's receptionist, to some unsuspecting neighbors.....all with the promise to bring more produce if they returned the bags. ;) My family had vegetable dinner that night--roasted baby beets, roasted spring onions, baked potatoes with spring onions and a great big salad. We all feasted, and fell in love with our backyard farm.