The Lettuce Harvest and Mulching 4-8-15

The lettuce looked too good. These women harvested the outside leaves and left the rest. In a week or so, they can harvest more. 4-8-15

The asparagus is thriving. It is a heavy feeder and does not compete well with weeds. If all goes well next year, we should have plenty to harvest. 4-8-15

This juvenile snake was living in the mulch.  It seemed friendly enough. 4-8-15

Mulching is always an important task, yet it is simply hard work. Luckily, we have some enthusiastic folks on our team to get the hard work done.   4-8-15

Here is how the garden looks post mulch.   4-8-15

We even mulched the paths. 4-8-15

Because the tips on the broccoli and cauliflower have vanished, we tried blocking some of the possible entrances with stones and bricks. Unfortunately, the gap here is too large to stop anything.   4-8-15