Farm and garden

As usual this time of year, the predictions of lettuce growers are wildly optimistic when compared to the weather we are experiencing.  It's kind of like tRump in the garden.   One week out, everyone is convinced we will be drowning in a tidal wave of iceberg and romaine and we need to sell, sell, sell!  In the meantime, the garden at casa Monzeglio is struggling with cool, dry conditions which encourage slow growth.  While I am no commercial grower, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that 42 degree mornings and no rain translate into a very gradual onset of the marketing season.  Whatever.