And just like that, August is over. Happy September, friends! Just a quick photo to show you what I was up to this morning.
About 6 weeks ago, I started mache indoors. Mache, also known as lamb's lettuce, is a cold tolerant salad green. Today I planted the mache seedlings into one of the three garden troughs kept on our deck. All three of these troughs now contain cool season veggies, with easy access from the kitchen. So on rainy days, I only need to pop outside for a minute to clip some mache, pull a turnip or two, or cut some Swiss chard.
I have one more set of veggie seedlings to plant out for autumn harvest, some kale starts that will fill the bare spot left by the harvested garlic. And then I'm done planting for our fall and early spring harvests.
I'm a little late on these plantings this year. Harvest time overlaps with late-season planting, and sometimes I fall behind in one or the other.
On the Monday holiday, we'll have a hot dog cookout over the fire pit, with watermelon, our own corn-on-the-cob, a tossed garden salad, and s'mores. Do you have any plans for Labor Day? I hope you don't need to labor on Monday and can just relax.
Wishing you a lovely Labor Day weekend. I'll be back on Tuesday.
