Be jealous...but not for long!

One of my favorite aspects of our massive garden is getting to walk outside and "shop" for supper. Last night, we had a fresh spinach and lettuce salad with asparagus, cherry tomatoes, homemade croutons, carrots and cauliflower. Okay, so I had to buy the carrots and cauliflower, but give us a couple weeks and that too will be from home.

Spinach amazes me, how quickly it grows from this:

 

to this:

to this:

It also is one of the most fascinating seedlings, to me. Look back at that first picture; are there any other plants that look like a grass and broadleaf at the same time?

And to add to the spinach? Some fresh salad greens from our office room. Grown in a planting flat, this lettuce experiment has definitely proven itself worthy and cost-efficient:





So, as I said, be jealous, because it was delicious! But don't be jealous for long. You can pick up some locally grown salad for your own dinner table at any of the area Farmer's Markets starting up soon.

• Manhattan Farmers Market starts next weekend, April 24
• Clay Center's Farmers Market starts May 7 at the Courthouse Square
• Find a market near you

Be jealous...but not for long!