Lettuce talk about the economy....

We ate our first lettuce from the garden yesterday. YUM! I made a kidney bean salad with red wine vinegar dressing and plpped it on the bed of lettuce with a piece of baked salmon and a hunk of fresh challah. Dr. Happy is still happy!

As for the stock market, Home Depot just got another chunk o'change from me for the micro irrigation supplies and Yahoo seems to think they are doing well (along with Hershey's, Kraft and Smith & Wesson):

On the earnings front, there are several major retailers set to post quarterly scorecards, including Dow component Home Depot and its major rival Lowe's Cos. Earlier this week, Citigroup upgraded its rating on Home Depot's stock to "buy" from "hold," saying it believes the earnings-per-share estimates for the top home improvement retailer may be conservative for 2009. Lowe's has reiterated its first-quarter outlook for profits and sales.

I have other projects planned for the lil homestead here, so I am just giving y'all a Insider Trading Tip (TM).

Have a great evening!