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The wonderful is having fresh lettuce every day for my lunch...

...the weird is a garlic plant around which are sprouting chive-like shoots. Very odd.

So far, we've had some little Gem lettuce, some Salad bowl and Bijou. The cool spring has been great for lettuce.

One the way are some Sangria, Freckles and Chartwell - all new to me this year - and then more salad bowl and little gem which are still in their modules.

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Yahoo! Picked my first hearted cabbage of the season this morning!

It's a green pointed type, Advantage variety, which can be grown at any time of year. I sowed in February and it started life in a greenhouse, growing to maturity in a pot outdoors with a cauliflower and two lettuce for company.

I also picked a fully grown Little Gem lettuce, which looks great - it seems a lot heavier than some I've grown before, so hopefully the heart is good and dense.
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Exciting times... I harvested the first new season crop at the weekend - some spring onions. They were started at the end of January in the greenhouse and have been outside since March. Some of the lettuce is ready too, but I am letting it head up a bit more.

At the other end of the spectrum, I've just finished the last of the 2007 crops - some leaf beet.

This is the first year that we've been able to harvest something fresh from the garden every month and it's...

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