My very first harvest from the garden this year!
I stepped into the greenhouse and suddenly realized how much the salad had grown already. And dill!
And the best part — it had self-seeded.
Without much planning or effort from me, there it was: soft green salad leaves and dill.
Peaked at my rased beds and a little radishes, spring onions, rocket, and tender bak choi quietly growing. And the dew sitting on the bak choi leaves!
So of course I had to bring some inside and make a proper spring salad.
I added a few sliced radishes, kefir and some dandelion petals on top. Simple food, but it tasted like the beginning of the gardening season. Fresh, crunchy, full of life after the long winter.
These tiny harvests always feel special. Not because they are big, but because they remind me that the garden wakes up every year, even after cold, dark months.
And honestly — food picked a few minutes before eating just tastes different.
Ilze
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So very nice, Ilze!! You can’t get a fresher salad that that! ❤️🌹
I looked at the pictures, and it almost seems like they’re growing among rubbish 😅 But I just wanted to say — that’s actually cardboard I laid down to suppress the weeds from the previous summer….
The beauty of greenhouses. I would love to have one but getting hubby to buy in hasn’t worked so far. I would only use it for plants but could grow more from seeds which are much less expensive. What an impressive batch.
Wow! fantastic!
Thank you!
You made me smile at this late hour of the day . . . loved the ‘marriage’ of ‘our’ bok choi’ with ‘your’ kefir not yet much used here and the dill I so love on top! Let us toast the green in the garden . . . !!!
Let’s toast it!
Nothing like the bounty from our own garden, Ilze.
I agree, Mary! It’s so fresh and delicious!
Lovely spring salad. It is so powering to grow your own food.
It’s nice 🙂 Thank you!