An Alameda Garden: First Salad

Monday, June 19, 2006

First Salad

I forgot to take a picture of it, but yesterday I was able to harvest enough of the mesclun and spinach to make salad for two. It was delicious with walnuts, feta cheese, dried cranberries and a simple dressing of olive oil and balsalmic vinegar. I meant to add some nasturtiums but I forgot.

I checked my postings to see when I planted the mesclun seeds, but it looks like I forgot to mention when I did it. To the best of my recollection, I planted them around May 18th, which means it was a month from seed-sowing to harvest. I want to keep track of that because I want to see if I can keep them growing year-round and I'll need to know how often I need to re-seed.

5 comments:

  1. Congratulations! The first harvest of the season is always the best. I am hoping for some zucchinis this week! If I am right, I'll have my sautéing pan ready to go.

    I see you are a Northern California gardener. I mostly garden in Southern California.

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  2. sounds yummy.Is it a kind of salad leaf Mesclun?keep posting.We are linked between Yorkshire and Alameda.I think i have linked you more than any other blog.I read about the seed bank on the way to work.I left my comment too.

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  3. Anonymous4:22 PM

    Here's a Sunset Mag. article that is as beautiful as practical for continuous herb/salad planting. Enjoy!

    http://www.sunset.com/sunset/garden/article/0,20633,1190558,00.html

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  4. Anonymous4:31 PM

    Correction to my previous comment: after downloading www.sunset.com

    then search: A better way to grow cilantro

    Hope it works.

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  5. Sounds delicious, It must be very satisfying to eat your own produce.We grow a few herbs, we don't really have room for a veggie garden.

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