I spy a melon!

We were excited at the end of the year when it looked like we might have a winter harvest of cantaloupe. One teeny-weeny cantaloupe was growing in the repurposed toy truck that we converted into a planter. Unfortunately, we had a couple of cold snaps that Texas winters are known for, and the wee little melon didn’t make it.

Who wants salad?

A few weeks ago, we decided to get started on the spring garden and planted four seedlings of green leaf lettuce. They have really flourished and are now ready to harvest! We pulled off a few leaves, which should grow back as the plants continue to grow.

The guys enjoyed their green leaf lettuce with carnitas on flour tortillas, but I made lettuce wraps for myself with a scoop of picante sauce, and they were delicious! (This is the part where I should admit to using pre-seasoned, fully-cooked carnitas, not from a recipe. 🙂 )

Carnitas lettuce wrap with salsa

Like the cantaloupe, our tomatoes didn’t survive the Texas weather [summer] last year, so we started the upside-down plant this week, in the hopes that we can have spring tomatoes, instead. I hope we can keep them alive this year, because I love the idea of having my own salad &/or lettuce wraps on hand, whenever I want.

I might be the only parent in town whose kid asks for lettuce on his sandwich and I send him to the yard to pick it himself! 😉