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Our first substantial harvest of the season was all about salad. We harvested arugula, lettuce, radishes and spinach, along with some lovely micro-greens from thinning our beets, bok choy, mustard and Swiss chard. Yum!

Thanks to Nicole for brightening the garden.

Opening day was brisk and breezy at the garden. Much to our surprise, we discovered that the young lettuce we left in little plastic hoop houses survived the winter. The other major discovery was a huge rock about a foot below the surface of one of the garden beds.

The rock was almost as large as the Philosopher’s Stone we unearthed with great labor many years ago and left in the corner of the garden until the fence was replaced. Yet once the rock stars set to work, there was no doubt that the rock would be moved. It was an exhausting process, but the team displayed remarkable skill and ingenuity. Well done!

Nicole (left) and Mike (right) captured these stunning photos of an American Copper Butterfly who visited the garden today on the winter savory and the stevia plants in the herb border. This beauty is quite small, only about an inch wide.

A: About 2″ or 40% in 72 hours. (Trionfo Violetto)

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