Look how pretty the Arugula is at this stage!!!  The whole bed isn’t bolting yet, but this bit is.  Wait, I’ll take another picture of the whole bed for you to see.  Be right back……

 

 

The plants in the front of the bed aren’t bolting because I harvest the leaves using a “cut and come again” method.  Instead of picking single leaves, I hold the tops of the leaves and cut just above the growing point.  That way, the plant continues to branch and grow, instead of growing straight up and going to seed.  

 

The ones in the back that are bolting:  are too far into the bed for me to reach.  Hahaha!!!

 

That’s OK.  We can eat the leaves in the front, and the plants in the back can go to seed, and we’ll have seeds for next year.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!