When I first started planting the salad bowl, I used seeds of all kinds and this did grow a big bowl of salad. It was far too much for me, so I did what other gardeners do, I gave it away! There don't seem to be a large following for fresh salad greens, so I decided to plant less and to use salad plants instead of seeds. We will see how that goes!
Last year's salad bowl was wonderful! Lots of salad for a long length of time. It grew thick and full on seeds, too. I like to plant those "variety" seed packs, so you get a lot of different colors, flavors and textures in my salad.
Here is this year's salad bowl, freshly planted! I'll be nurturing these little babies for the next couple of weeks. I planted Boston bibb lettuce, swiss chard, and some spinach. Grow little plants, grow!
We also put in our seedlings for our herbs. We grow a ton of herbs! We also planted our spring vegetables: peas, onions and cabbage (I think!) We started a strawberry bowl and we need to add some plants to the top. We planted two kinds, the traditional kind that throw out runners and the small alpine berries. We bought a tomato plant and a green pepper plant for pots. We love having a few fresh tomatoes every year. The last thing we planted was three types of mint. We call it our mojito bowl!
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| Spring peas! |
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| This herb garden was given to us by Bob's staff where he was principal, when his dad died. We love it! |
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| Our Mojito bowl! |
