I'm pleased that this month I've been able to cut more salad from seed shoots and even have a complete salad from things I've grown.
I'm loving the pea shoots. I have had two cuts from the first lot of shoots I grew and I know I will definitely have another cut from them yet. This first sowing was grown from a few mange tout seeds I had left from last year. I was so impressed by their taste and the speed they grew that I bought a packet of dried marrow fat peas from the supermarket to sow another lot. These are now just starting to sprout having sown them a week ago. I have also got basil seedlings on my kitchen windowsill and some seeds of a mixed leaves 'gourmet garnish' micro greens from Johnsons which look quite interesting and are growing at an amazing rate.
I have now started growing salad for outside. I have some Little Gem lettuce and watercress in seed trays and outside last week in my raised beds I sowed radish and rocket. I bought more lettuce seeds the other week and will soon be sowing Lolo Rosso, mixed leaves and spring onion in my raised beds outside and planting out the Little Gem and watercress.
I'm not all that well organised with my seed sowing, but this salad challenge has got me thinking more. So actually I feel I'm doing much better than in previous years.
For more information on the Salad Challenge click on these links:
http://vegplotting.blogspot.co.uk/p/52-week-salad-challenge.html
http://vegplotting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/salad-days-first-salad.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+VegPlotting+%28Veg+Plotting%29
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Hi Margaret - those pea shoots are proving to be a real hit with everyone and I like the sound of what you've sown :)
ReplyDeleteThe Challenge was designed to get me better organised, so if it's helping you to think more, then that's great!
Do I see red pepper and cucumber in your home grown complete salad? Wow! You've obviously got better weather than us "up North"
ReplyDeleteDid you make the cheese too?
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Haha! Should have said I forgot to take a photo of the complete salad before I ate it! That's a pic of one which was helped along with other ingredients.
DeleteHi Margaret those micro greens look great, another salad crop i haven't tried but will put on my list.
ReplyDeleteI also have a little trouble planting my seeds at the right time so i have successive plantings, since joining the salad challenge (and making more of an effort)i haven't needed to buy any salad mix and i have quite a few seedlings coming through too.