I went over to play in my garden yesterday, and was astonished at how much it’s grown since last week! The beautiful vegetables have really taken off — the mere sight of them just feeds my soul. I never tire of watching my garden grow!
Here are some update photos:
As you can see below, the baby peach and plum trees that I started from seed almost 2 1/2 years ago are doing great! They grow very fast…
And now a photo of the salad I made yesterday. This was the best salad I’ve ever eaten in my life. You’d think a salad would be a salad, but this one — with everything picked just minutes prior — was the sweetest, tenderest, most incredible-tasting salad. My theory is that the two straight days of rain we just had made the flavor more incredible than normal. I’ve noticed that rain makes the grass a different shade of green than tap water does…rainwater is special stuff. Collect it and treasure it! My grandma would collect rain water to water her houseplants and rinse her hair with!
The best salad ever. Fresh from the rain-soaked garden: baby arugula, spinach, lettuce, radishes, dill, cilantro, parsley, and onion greens. Dressed with olive oil, balsamic & red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper.
Your garden is looking great! Beautiful photos and your salad looks delicious!
That’s awesome you planted some fruit trees from seed. 🙂
Thanks for all the wonderful pictures from your lush and thriving gardens…I could almost taste the fresh from the garden salad. I’ve been foraging sheep sorrel, wild lettuce and violet leaves to supplement my “California” lettuce, since I’ve been too busy getting other peoples gardens up and blooming to get anything other than sugar snap peas planted so far.
Wow! Your garden looks amazing, everything is growing so well. Where I live we need some rain, then things might have a little growth spurt.
Thank you Trish! This year seems to be off to a good start 🙂 I’ve found that feeding the soil well each spring is key. It’s so fun to watch things grow! Best wishes to you & your plants across the pond!