OK... so no question here, but thought everyone else would like to laugh at me along with my husband and daughter.

So last year my garden did fabulous with the exception of some tomato issues at the end of the year... and the fact that for the life of me, no matter what I did, I could not get a single leaf of lettuce to grow. I planted, it didn't grow. I blamed it on the spot, moved to a new location in my 28x53 foot garden, planted more, it didn't grow. I blamed it on the seeds (some fancy concoction) ran out bought more, planted more in still a different location, it didn't grow. Thought, well, maybe now it is the heat.... waited, as I harvested the last of my parsnips I planted even more lettuce there... you guessed it, didn't grow. Tried one final fall planting (because I was determined to get some damn lettuce last year) with even more new seeds and THEY DIDN'T GROW.

So now I think I am cursed. It is not like I can't grow anything. But I am ticked I am spending a fortune at the store on lettuce of all things when I pretty much grow the rest of our veggies for the entire year and can them myself.

Fast forward to this year. We are moving the garden for several reasons including shade issues and the fact we are renovating our entire house so now's the time if ever. We re-seed the lawn where the old garden was at the end of year last year and it took well.

Now every time we go to mow the lawn in that area hubby is finding lettuce everywhere!! He is bringing it in by the handful. It is just popping up all over the place and being mowed down. It is all over where the garden was. I think every single seed has germinated and sprouted. I have little lettuce patches all over my newly seeded lawn and they are all laughing at me.