Salad days
Q&A – Salad mix contents
Any chance you could share what goes in to your salad mix (for those of us who’re /way/ too far away to stand a chance of tasting it)? – Mike
Thanks for pointing that out Mike. The salad mix changes with the season and can vary week to week depending on what we have growing at the time or how much we pick (there’s no set proportion). Personally, I think it’s the condition of the soil that gives the the greens such an intense flavor. Of course, it being picked fresh each morning and “organic” do contribute to the incredible taste, but there’s something else that blows everyone away when they have a bite.
At any give time the salad can contain any or all of:
Lettuce – assorted varieties
Mustard – green, red, purple
Kale – green, red
Cresses
Mache
Miner’s Lettuce
Fennel
Mints
Basil – sweet, purple
Nasturtium Leaves
Sorrel
Salad Burnet
Arugula – assorted varieties
Radicchio
Frisee
Swiss Chard
Carrot Tops
Radish
Italian Dandelion
Spinach – assorted varieties
Tyfon
Celery
Orach – red
Amaranth
Asian Greens – assorted varieties
(This is off the top of my head, so I hope I listed all the greens!)
Setback
We expected Wednesday or Thursday to receive fertile chicken eggs except we receive a call on Monday informing us our chicken egg order has been postponed till April. They told us that the chickens just aren’t laying. OK, fine. So that means we find another hatchery. NOTE: Not to worry! For those of you who areplacing baby chick or pullet orders this news doesn’t affect you. We just wanted to hatch a few eggs for an educational experience and are still placing a baby chick order the second week in March.
Rain
We received 1/2″ of rain on Sunday night and there’s another chance of rain on Thursday. What a blessing! The garden has perked up and grown before our very eyes. Nothing beats rain from heaven.
Comment(1)
Mike says:
February 21, 2007 at 9:21 amThank You!