People of the garden! I wish you a happy Monday. I write to you while gazing out the kitchen window that looks at my small, disorganized garden. And I want to share a few images of what I did with the harvests of the past couple of weeks.
I always have a tray or two of microgreens growing. This is the first year that I have tried growing beet microgreens and decided to grow them in the spiral garden, with random calendula flowers sprouted throughout.
The goal here is to grow beet greens for a couple of months, thin them as I harvest the leaves, then let a few beets form roots (and seeds) as well as the calendula plants take over.
Besides harvesting greens for salads and soups, I have been harvesting herbs of all kinds for weekly batches of pesto. The basil plants aren't quite large enough to harvest so I made a delicious pesto with parsley, mint, and lemon balm.
It was so good and really made the difference when I didn't have much time to come up with an interesting lunch on workdays. Spring is the season of fresh herbs and crisp leaves. I am enjoying these super green meals and may even freeze a few jars of pesto for later on in the year.