Our First Harvest from the Tower Garden!

Harvesting the Salad Pods

    It might have been a little early to start picking leaves off the salad pods but as the outdoor growing season is coming to an end, we decided to indulge. The weather has really cooled off, holding in the lower 60's to upper 50's, and it is still unclear whether it will warm back up before it plummets down to the first freeze. Since the weather is staying pretty cool, the timer has been reset to 15 minutes on and 30 minutes off.
    The lettuce seems to love the cooler temperatures but the fruiting plants have slowed down a bit. Tomato plants love the heat so it is still too close to call if they will be fruitful before the freeze or not.  If you have been following the blog, you already know we got a late start on our tower garden. Although we had it assembled in mid July, we had a few trips planned in July and August that set us back several weeks and so here it is mid September and we are only three weeks in.

Fresh Picked Salads

    The good news is we went from seedling to plate in three weeks and that,  I have to say, is very exciting. We pulled two salad plates off the Tower Garden with a mix of red leaf lettuce and the spring mix greens that we had in two of the pods. It will be interesting to see how they grow back especially this late in the season. Our dinner salads, above, were made to order. I like mine with rinsed three bean salad and my son likes his plain with a drizzle of Italian Dressing. They were both delicious. It's hard to beat that picked to plate freshness!

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