Salad greens

Figs are in season recently and I enjoyed a lovely summer salad, complete with herbs from our own herb rack. It's amazing what a bunch of basil and a sprig of mint can do to a salad. 

It inspired me to try to work towards growing a bowl of salad sourced entirely from our garden. 

Starting with rockets and Mizuna. Planted the seeds on 17 Jan 2016. Seedlings spotted by 2nd day. 

The seedlings are very fast growing. They are 15-20mm by the 6th day.

So we potted the stronger seedlings. These are the Mizunas. 

Now it's time to keep fingers crossed again...

Update 2 feb 2016: 

The Mizunas are getting really pretty, with the leaves growing out. 

Cannot wait...

Update 10 Feb 2016:

Two and a half weeks after setting up our salad boxes from seeds, we are enjoying a mini harvest of fresh salad greens, literally from garden to table. 

Apart from the basil and mint, we harvested Mizunas and rockets.

These boxes look so happy and cheerful and they add so much zest to the salad.

Update 22 Mar 2016:

We have found a more permanent home for the 'salad bar'.

From top:

1st rack - basil cress

2nd rack - Thai basil & Mizunas

3rd rack - tomatoes & Mizunas

4th rack - rockets

Mizunas getting big and lush.

These rockets are really spicy. 

We sowed some wild rockets amidst the rockets on 20 mar 2016. These little seedlings are 2-day-old.

Next up, we will probably work on the milder greens. Xo