Tag Archives: romaine

Spring salad mix

Hopefully you’re beginning to harvest the work you did in springtime. Its salad galore! This is a combination of 8 different greens, one of which is something I’ve grown for the first time: endive. I always associated it with the frilly, sharp, bitter, and what I would describe as unattractive in salads. But then I learned about the different kinds.

This variety was not bitter at all. Chicory’s have been a bit of a challenge for me to grow for this reason. I think it has to do with the season you try to grow them in. My radicchio variety was very tasty in the spring, but got bitter when I grew it in summer. The ones I grew later in the year returned to less bitter.

Regardless, it’s very tasty in this mixed salad. Add some fresh fruit, cheese, homemade croutons, candied nuts(sorry!),avocado, and a great blush vinaigrette and you’ll have yourself a great tasting salad for the evening. Fast, great tasting, easy, cheap, and very nutritions[ois skin=”1″]

Let the love grow…

with your square foot garden.  We received a potted plant of this romaine lettuce from our good friend Ann Bowen.  The event was a wedding shower.  What I should have done was take a picture of how nicely this was put together in a small pot.  At this time of year people are giving away all sorts of things.  Wedding showers, Mother’s day, baby showers, etc.  If you’re lucky enough to get flowers, herbs ,or in this case romaine, don’t just set it on the counter top or windowsill.  Water it well and then place them in your square foot garden.  You’ll be the recipient of that small gift all summer and fall.  As you go out to harvest throughout the growing season, your mind will be taken back to great memories of whatever event was responsible for this gift.  I can’t think of a better way to keep memories alive with family and friends.  Oh yes, and good luck to Britney and Rich…..[ois skin=”below post”]