May
16
Salad daze
Sunday, May 16 - 68 degrees, light breeze
Greens do best when the nights are cool/cold, and the days are warm. Warm nights make greens bolt, and the alternating hot/cold moves the sugar around in the plant. Plants send their sugars down into the roots during the day, and up into the leaves during the night…that’s why it’s always best to pick vegetables first thing in the morning (higher sugar content).
The garden doesn’t look like much yet, other than the garlic, which is coming along great. This time of year, I look at that garden and have to remind myself that a scant month from now, things will look entirely different.
