Beauty in the interim

Carried out a variety of tasks today, from harvesting over 100 leeks with Vanessa to setting up irrigation and trellises to planting heirloom tomatoes and hot peppers. What a full day! So full, I suppose, that I hardly took any pictures. The only ones I have from today are a few of Horseshoe Field (that which holds the turnips, several rows of lettuce, and this fall's leeks). It's called Horseshoe because it juts out into a u-shape on one side of it. As I've mentioned before, lettuce is sometimes planted in between two rows of long-term crops, in order to utilize space that would otherwise sit empty while the other crops slowly grow. The lettuce planted in the leek beds is especially photogenic--for the aesthetic heck of it, several varieties were planted in an alternating pattern. In the particular row pictured, the lettuces are, from bottom to top, a red leaf, a green leaf, a dark red oak leaf called Oscarde, and a reddish-green variety we know as Frizzy-Haired Drunken Woman. To see several beds with these multicolored center rows is such a pleasing site to behold. The fields really are gorgeous; I often feel compelled to photograph them, as they develop and change, become more full and colorful, and take on new beauty with new growth.