Mesclun MixThe garden had a couple extra spaces where squirrels (and those darn bunnies) have eaten new plants, so I planted a sweet mesclun mix and baby leaf spinach from seed.  You can never have too much in the lettuces realm- they are so easy to grow and grow anywhere.  The romaine plants that we planted earlier in the summer has already yielded it’s first round and it really only seems to last a second time after the first harvest, we will be done with those plants in a couple more weeks.  I have seedlings of romaine that I planted about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago, so those are going to ready to eat in a couple weeks- hopefully this will line up around the time the first plants are spent.  I should be covered for the next month or so with what I have at this point, but I wanted to be prepared for the month after.  It was my biggest mistake to not spread out the lettuces all summer- last summer I planted everything at the beginning of the summer and then we choked on lettuce once or twice midsummer, then were without lettuce the rest of the summer.  I am hoping that the new plan yeilds salad greens for the rest of the summer.  I have enough seeds for a few more rounds- I bought some spicy mesclun seeds (mix) and swiss chard and then some more romaine and a “gourmet” lettuce mix, so we should be set. I am going to try planting new seeds every two weeks and see how that works.

The kids like spinach, “spring mix” and romaine the most.  Our oldest really is more adventurous, so will usually dive right in without much coaxing. Our son likes to dip most things in ketchup or occasionally the dressing that we have on the table (if it isn’t a ketchup meal)… so… um… gross… but if he eats his spinach, then… we say go for it!