End of the Lettuce

Strong thunderstorms blew through yesterday afternoon. I wasn't here for it, but the red and orange blobs on the radar looked impressive. Only 0.7 inches in the rain gauge, whereas my friends two miles away had over 2 inches. Such are the precipitation patterns in Alabama.

Along with the rain was some strong wind. I found one of my gladiolus spikes flat against the ground, and about half of the lettuce snapped off. I was going to pick lettuce and tear out the stems this weekend anyway, but I moved it up a day so I could salvage some of the lettuce that got hit by the storm.

I filled five gallon-size resealable bags with lettuce leaves, trying to put together a good variety of leaf types. The stems got cut off at ground level and are destined for the compost piles. The next step will be adding compost to the raised bed and working the soil so I can transplant the last few squash plants. Something for tomorrow.

The lettuce patch, last week.