May 10, 2011 - Empty Spaces

I was asking Daphne if it bothers her to pull mature crops from her garden, after so carefully planning how they would look when planted in a pretty design. She said it doesn't really bother her, but I always hesitate to ruin the patterns of my garden.


I've been harvesting outer leaves of the first four rows in the lettuce bed, but the pretty Little Gem Romaine lettuce in the back row just begs to be picked and served whole.


I don't like empty spaces in my rows.


Luckily, I have about a hundred small seedlings ready and waiting to fill in the blanks.


14 comments:

  1. SinfonianMay 9, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    I get upset, but likely fill it with something totally different. I lost a broccoli and planted beats in it's place. ROFL. Lost lettuce, plant radishes. I just want the space used. I only have 150 SF.

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  2. SueMay 10, 2011 at 12:52 AM

    LOL! You are too cute.
    (I have this problem too. I'm working on it-but I still look at this picture and think )IT'S NOT EVEN!!!)
    LOL!
    :D

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  3. Daphne GouldMay 10, 2011 at 3:13 AM

    Just wait. I have to let the Little Gem and Paris Island go to seed this year. Now that ought to really mess the plan up. I just have to remember not to eat them all.

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  4. ErinMay 10, 2011 at 4:14 AM

    I'm the same as you, my little lettuce heads will have to come out this week, and I'm sad about it!

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  5. UnknownMay 10, 2011 at 4:19 AM

    LOL! I know just how you feel. Especially about lettuce. I love how it looks and hesitate to harvest a whole head. Luckily it does grow quickly.

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  6. MeganMay 10, 2011 at 4:45 AM

    I totally understand this! It is nice to have a little replacement to stick in there!

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  7. KellyMay 10, 2011 at 4:49 AM

    That is some blue ribbon lettuce!

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  8. David P. Offutt - The Gastronomic GardenerMay 10, 2011 at 6:07 AM

    That lettuce looks perfect! I need to work on my seed starting. No luck with lettuce.

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  9. kitsapFGMay 10, 2011 at 6:17 AM

    Those are pretty heads of lettuce and I would not hesitate to harvest them, but I know what you mean about the holes they leave behind. I usually just live with the gaps for a while until the section is just ready to be replanted. You are ahead of the game having some starts ready to pop in.

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  10. wildernessMay 10, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    I guess there are advantages to being a sloppy gardener like myself. There is no rhyme or reason so you never can tell what is missing when I pick something.

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  11. Annie*s GrannyMay 10, 2011 at 6:43 AM

    LOL! I see there are a few of us who are OCD about their lettuce beds!

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  12. RandomGardenerMay 10, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    I never really pull up the entire plant(unless it's dead!) I guess I'm always hoping for another harvest:) Like someone mentioned, it might be a good thing to be a random gardener, so you can never tell if something is missing or that's way the garden originally was!Lol!

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  13. Jeff VandiverMay 10, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Empty spaces really bother me too, but usually just get planted again with flowers of some kind....

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  14. LiisaMay 10, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Oh you would not like my beds then. I always seem to have empty spaces and can never seem to get them replanted.

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