Everything is at one time a baby. And this is what baby lettuce looks like. Even the tiniest leaves fold in delicate, fantastic shapes. A few more weeks and they will be young adults. And a few weeks after that, ready for the table.
Month: September 2014
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Baby Lettuce
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Out of The Garden Today, September 9, 2014
Late season rhubarb, green beans, potatoes, and eggs. Just a few things to make a great supper.
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Tiny New Eggs
This is a humorous time of the year when it comes to eggs. The hens that hatched this spring are starting to lay eggs. The first few eggs which they drop are often small, a half to a third the size of normal eggs. You can make cute sunny side up eggs with them.
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Flowers Age Gracefully
Even as they age, anemones age gracefully. Their petals soften, they drop, they sag, their long, heavy stems bend and eventually fall to the ground. But they never lose their beauty and grace.
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A Splash of Fall Color
I spotted this autumn blooming crocus by the steps when I delivered eggs and salad greens to Tweets Café today. It’s too early for the leaves to be changing color, but not too early for the first blooms of autumn.
Saffron is an autumn blooming crocus, but I don’t think the crocus above is a saffron. It takes 50,000–75,000 saffron flowers to glean one pound of saffron.