Oh my little Rhoda’s my garden is getting fat. Better it, than me. Right?! Anyway it’s time to harvest a few things. I’ve already harvested my radishes.

Ding, dang, dong. They were HOT. So this time I think I’ll harvest lettuce. I need something to go with those radishes to cool them off.

The first thing I do is cut the lettuce with a knife or kitchen shears and take it to the sink or bowl and run water over it.

After I get most of the sand and gravels off (oh hush I know, spell check hates me and I’m okay with that). I put ice in my water and let it sit for a few minutes.

 *This really helps settle the dust, so to speak.*

Then I put it in a salad spinner. If you don’t have one, get one. (I bought this one at a garage sale for a dollar. A premium, cause the woman wouldn’t jew down. But, I tried. Thanks for asking.)

Salad spinners really are a gardeners friend. You have to wash behind your produce’s ears and in the cracks, and nothing gets water off better in my opinion.

So buy, beg or steal one and give it a spin.

 W used to put Sheriff Woody in mine and spin him dizzy. Kept him busy for hours. At least I can be thankful it wasn’t Deputy Barney.

When it’s done, it will look like this.

Tah-Dah!  You’re ready to have a garden salad at a fraction of the price.

God help me, Rhoda. If Ben wasn’t such a stud, I might run off with a salad spinner.

I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’!

Sis