The spinach pictured above was planted in October and despite being overrun with flowering arugula three times its size, the short row still produces for us. Today I removed the arugula as my husband was turning the compost to the other bin and it was convenient to layer it in.

Since the fall, I’ve done two succession sowings of spinach. With our cool, wet spring, this week I’ll seed another block near the mesclun lettuce and arugula just planted. If temperatures soar in the next month I’ll use 40% shade cloth. Scallions, radishes and more lettuce will also fill the gaps left by removal of the broccoli. These will finish as I plant the corn in early June.

Other small green harvests in amounts for a single serving or recipe: the first cutting of succession arugula and flat leaf parsley from a huge mound.

Side shoots of broccoli were accumulating in the fridge faster than we could eat and the plants were removed. Time for a broccoli galette.

Broccoli, onions, parsley, Parmesan, and dash of cream for a round of pastry.

A little too much filling and not my best crust but easy to overlook as I savored each bite.

Sunday’s church bouquet heeding the church calendar’s liturgical color for Holy Week—purple. Garden contributions: Spanish bluebells, California native lupine, babiana, and erigeron.

Check the What I’m Planting Now page as I think spring in the garden. Then head to Harvest Monday, hosted by Dave at Happy Acres Blog and see what garden bloggers around the world harvested last week.

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