Home Grown Leaves

 leaf project

My daughter recently had to collect twenty different tree leaves for biology class.  This was not the greatest time of year for it since a lot of trees have not yet leafed out.  But she managed, and I loved the leaves silhouetted in green against the white poster board, however temporary a beauty it may be.  I love leaves in all their great variety.  I can't help but be amazed at the creativity of God.  Truly, truly mind-boggling.

I have some different leaves to show you -- a little update from our garden.  They are not tree leaves, but they are just as beautiful and impressive in their own ways.

One of these is a cabbage and one is a brussels sprout.  I'm not quite sure which is which since my husband planted these.  Lovely, lovely leaves on both.

Here's a rather blurry picture of our potato hills coming up (it was beginning to rain and I had to hurry with my photos).  It seemed easier to plant the potatoes in two long rows rather than in a box.

And here is the box of lettuces -- again, the variety of leaves is staggering, from color to shape to size to....

taste!

 I just went around the box picking about five leaves from each plant and hade nough to make a huge bowl of salad.  Above is my individual serving which, along with some sourdough toast and a small cup of soup, made a delicious dinner:)

Even if nothing else really turns out, at least we have enjoyed our own lettuce!  That's enough encouragement to keep us gardening on.