As you may recall, I’ve been dabbling with container gardening for a while – first with garlic, and then with radishes, fava Beans, and corn salad. My last garden update was full of promise, but a cold snap soon froze my little budding plants and they quickly died off. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see that a few little corn salad plants hung on – here’s how my planters looked yesterday:
I did a Google search on when to harvest corn salad (AKA mache), and found this helpful page over at The Victory Garden. Apparently, you can start using the leaves once they are 1-2 inches long – so I decided to make a little salad to go with yesterday’s lunch.
I tossed the salad with olive oil, sea salt, and pepper – recipe here – and served it with grapefruit and a grilled cheese sandwich. I made the sandwich with leftover bread from the birthday party, covered it in mozzarella and cooked it in olive oil and garlic. It was a yummy lunch; and would have been even better if I hadn’t bought “imitation” cheese by accident!
I’ve been meaning to re-plant more radishes and fava beans, since I still have plenty of seeds – I just haven’t gotten to it yet. With spring almost here, I’m looking forward to expanding my garden and planting new things. I’m a novice gardener, so it’s a fun learning experience!
Readers: how are your gardens coming along?
Your plants look great and yummy too. I tried a garden last year but wasn't that successful due to my really hard soil. I grew Romaine lettuce and it tasted awful and my carrots never grew to full size. I'm going to try container gardening this year although I don't have it planned out yet. I like the idea of growing garlic. Keep us posted on how it goes.
Hey Angela – yeah, gardening is a lot of trial and error! I really like container gardening because it's easy for me to manage. You'll have to let me know how it goes for you!