1) Lettuce 2)Tomatillo + Thai Basil

Harvest Season in Our Garden/How We Use It

• This leaf vegetable has several harvest times starting in May and ending in October.
• The lettuce is usually given to the various dining halls to be incorperated into meals! However if the dining halls are unable to use the lettuce it will be given to Amherst Survival Center to be used in one of their meals!

These plants are paired together because they share space well - one is a big plant with deep roots and one is a small plant with shallow roots, preventing competition between the plants.

Tomatillo: Our Harvest Season/How We Use It

• Despite tomatillo being called the "Mexican husk tomato," the fruit is not a type of tomato is a member of the nightshade family and is tarter, more vegetal-tasting, and more acidic than most tomatoes.
• Tomatillo is ready to be harvested from August through October.
• We used to bring the tomatillo to be used at bluewall (we still do sometimes). However more frequently we now freeze them and make them into salsa for the farmers market as well as our salsa con salsa event.

Thai Basil: Our Harvest Season/How We Use It

• Thai basil is a type of basil know if its destinct flavor, anise/licorice-like and slightly spicy, it is alsomore stable under high or extended cooking temperatures than sweet basil making it more suitable for cooking in our dining halls.
• Basil is ready to be harvested from July through September.
• The basil is usually given to the dining halls, if dining cannot use it, it will be sent to Amherst Survival Center.