Salad Days

Finally, after a seeming eternity, the crops in the raised beds are producing what would normally have been their late fall crop. Carrots, scallions, spinach, onions and....lettuce.  Yes, here in this part of California, salad days are in fall, winter and spring.  But an unusually freeze-filled winter held up the lettuces until now.


As there's nothing better than fresh lettuce, we're now in a wonderful time of abundance for it, which will probably last until late spring.  It may be late this year, but it was worth waiting for.


As far as our house sale goes, the realtor is coming by to take some pictures now that we're almost finished sprucing up, and our lender in Paso has given us the pre-qual green light to start looking.  Yesterday we saw a lovely old farmhouse there that suited my needs nicely but Big Ag thought was too much of a fixer.  He was right, the house did have some issues, but it also had a panoramic view of the northern hills and an absolutely magical garden. Whether or not that trumps dry rot and a rodent issue is a matter of opinion.  But since I'm feeling patient and have plenty of faith, I'm going to agree with taking a pass on it and waiting to see what's further up around the bend.  Hopefully something with less mouse turds in the attic.  Funny how sometimes the smallest things in a house can sometimes signal the most trouble.