here’s some stuff i grew!

a baby watermelon radish and mignon/purple haze baby carrots. the purple haze ones have an orange core but the outsides turn purple as they get bigger. did you know wild carrots were purple? the dutch domesticated them and turned them orange in the 15th century as a tribute to the king, because orange is their national color. i told my boyfriend this when i showed him my carrots. he was silent for a second and went “that’s a really weird random thing to know”. this is a guy who will enter and win trivia contests with me, who doesn’t blink an eye when i can answer every single question in a round of jeopardy, who i have dated for 4 YEARS and all of a sudden he’s realizing that holy shit, his girlfriend knows a lot of weird stuff about various topics? i think i said HEY SHUT UP and fake-stomped away. i love you andrew. 4 MORE YEARS 4 MORE YEARS

the most ocd salad.

2 heads of “4 seasons” butter lettuce and 1 of “tom thumb” butter lettuce. the left head of 4 seasons grew in the shade, and the right one grew in the sun. so the more light it gets, the redder it turns! as it warms up, apparently the green color changes to more of a yellow-green. it’s like a time-lapse thermometer sort of.

i had a little extra time on lunch one day, so i went to the garden and picked a handful of lettuce and took it back to the office for lunch. no dressing. it tasted just as good as it looks. (the tomatoes are from trader joes. mine aren’t ready yet)

lolla rossa “majesty” lettuce. the outside leaves are frilly and red and the interiors are lime green.