This is Johnny (named after Johnny Depp). My friend gave him to me several years ago for my birthday. For a couple of years in the fall, he rode every day in the front seat of my car. When I moved to Maryland, he took a vacation and hung out in my Huny’s attic. After I returned to Texas he was moved to the front yard and became our door greeter. He was quite happy there for a couple of years, but then he got sad (his head was coming apart from his body) so we took him down and up to the attic he went for a rest.
This year we are working on our backyard farm and I thought to bring him down to guard our newly planted garden. I fixed his head to his body (he’s happy again) added some hair, attached him to a long pole and planted him in place of honor in the center of our planter. To give him a ‘spring’ in his step I added a sprig of bluebonnet to his hat.
This is the garden that he is guarding:
Radishes (French Breakfast -- Raphanus sativus)
Strawberries
These are the starts of turnip seeds that I got in a seed trade. I’ve never had a turnip. But I figured I’d plant them. What does one do with a turnip?
Onions, radishes, chives, elephant garlic.
Scallions, lettuce, more strawberries.
To celebrate Johnny's makeover, I harvested some of our lettuce (Red Sails and Black-Seeded Simpson, in the background) and we thinned out some of the radish.
After a thorough wash, we had a very nice salad for our supper.
It was delicious! I have never, ever had fresh lettuce from the garden, and never had radishes that didn’t come out of a bag. It was the best salad I have ever eaten!
Happy Spring!
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