Our brown thumbs just might be turning green....maybe! Or, we just got lucky! We have somehow managed to grow lettuce! We're not the best at gardening and we've never had any luck with lettuce...until now! Every time we planted lettuce in the past, nothing came up. This time, it's not only coming up, it seems to be thriving! We had a salad for dinner from OUR garden!
Here's our harvest for the evening...
We even had some beet greens that we picked and added to it. We were going to try adding some radish greens as I read that they're even more nutritious than the radishes themselves. But, they were spiny and it turns out it's best to use young, non spiny leaves. So, we'll try that another time.
The lettuce is growing so fast that we're going to need to eat a lot of salad in the near future!
For anyone who's following along about my mom...here's the latest...
She passed her driving test. Sigh! But, I've heard it's common for that to happen and that it may not be until a person gets lost, in an accident, or has a scare that they're willing to stop driving. A doctor needs to sign off on it for her to keep her license. She was able to get a doctor to extend it for six weeks but she'll need further evaluation by a gerontology doctor to see if she can keep her license. That appointment is scheduled for mid-March. That's good news because she may willingly go to that doctor appointment now. Before this, we weren't quite sure how we were going to get her there as she has been very adamant about not needing to go. I just hope the doctor sees what we see...that it's not safe for her to drive now.
Hooray for the lettuce! It looks scrumptious!
ReplyDeleteBuckle your seat belt....your Mom is going to give you a bumpy ride ahead. Take it all as pragmatically as you can!
Oh, lucky you with your beautiful lettuce! We had the same problem with my dad - he did not want to give up his keys but he was not safe to put on the roads. My sister had his visiting nurse tell him that it wasn't safe because of his medications and that he'd have to give up the keys for a while. We are still using that reason.
ReplyDeleteMy mother also passed her driving evaluation although she wasn't taken out in a car, it was just talking for around 45 minutes. But now over a year later she's finally given up driving, I think something happened that scared her but she won't say.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have your own lettuce. I've been thinking about planting some soon in pots on the deck that will eventually have basil in them for the summer.
Oh boy about your Mom. I was so worried I would have to take my Dad's license away but he decided on his own to stop driving. He was 92 when he stopped and lost his life just 2 months later.
ReplyDeleteHugs to you and yum with the lettuce!
Meredith
Your lettuce is looking great. I hope things work out for the best with your mother's problem. I can only imagine how worried you are.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I think I've missed the lettuce window here in North Texas. Our fickle weather, 70's one day and 30's the next.
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