I love gardens, but I'm not a good gardener.  My garden went to seed last year and I should have pulled it up, but instead I let the seeds scatter all around.  That made for some nice volunteer lettuce and cilantro plants this year in the garden spot.  I also have some hanging baskets on my front porch that were full of beautiful impatients last year.  Over the winter they dried up and I pulled the stalks out but left the baskets hanging.  I never have gotten around to planting anything new in them.  A few weeks ago when I pulled up to my house, I noticed a green plant poking up over the edge of one of the baskets.

I walked over and peeked into the basket.  You can imagine my surprise to find…

A lovely black seeded simpson lettuce plant ready for picking!  It's on the opposite side of the house from the garden.  I wonder if a bird helped me out? 

My mother in law is a fabulous gardener.  Below is a photo of one of her lettuce stands.  In the next post I'll show you a series of her beautiful flowers.