In My San Diego Garden and Kitchen

With about a dozen heads of lettuce ready to harvest, a salad is an easy choice for lunch or dinner. My favorite lettuce this winter has been Rosaine. Johnny’s describes it as a “dark red Little Gem type… a true bibb with exceptional bolt tolerance. Uniform, dense heads are layered with crisp, semi-savoy leaves.” An apt and accurate description.

Here it is about six weeks ago, paired with Newham, another Little Gem variety. About five heads of Rosaine await harvest, likely this week.

Another two rows are coming along nicely. Glossy maroon heads form with green, dense hearts.

Here’s a garden gift basket from this week.

The Green Globe artichokes are beginning and we had the first one last night.

I didn’t have a kumquat crop this year but a friend gave me several pounds from her tree. I use them in salads and for snacks. Last week I slivered them and simmered in a simple syrup until they were translucent and the syrup reduced. Small jars go to the freezer for later use over yogurt or other fruit.

Bi-color sweet peas are still prolific and fill rooms with their fragrance.

Check the What I’m Planting Now page as I transplant and sow seeds in the spring garden and plan for the summer garden. Then head today to Harvest Monday, hosted by Dave at Happy Acres blog and see what garden bloggers around the world harvested last week.

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