I used the organic vegetable fertilizer today at the community garden. Last week I harvested the last of the turnips. The lettuce is starting to bolt, so I'm trying to eat that up aggressively. Unfortunately, slugs love my lettuce. Today I picked a head of lettuce and removed 2 slugs from it. I looked around for me and didn't see any. While reaching for a bag, I turned the lettuce upside down and another slug fell out next to my foot! Then, I looked more carefully to see if there were any more hiding. I found one that had a good grip, so I turned the lettuce upside down again and shook it. The slug clung on tenaciously, but 3 other little caterpillars sprinkled down! Good grief!
I'm also harvesting some very nice carrots, some of which are surprisingly fat considering that I never thin the carrots. Also, some beets and the chard is nearly as big as my 7 year old! Here's a picture of the chard with DD and my niece's Flat Stanley. I know the Flat Stanley looks like a snowman, but this one is from Connecticut, so it looks different than our San Diego Flat Stanleys. Oh and check out our matching Yosemite shirts. DD thinks it is so cool that our we're shirt twins! We just had a wonderful family trip there with friends.
And here's a picture of the garden with my two favorite gardeners! DS just turned 11 and DD is 7 1/2.
