The carrots will need to be thinned once they're big enough but seeing as they're buried under ground and seeing as I've never grown carrots before I have no idea if they're big enough to be needing thinning yet so I've pulled up one carrot each week for the past three weeks. We've eaten the small white root and it's gorgeous green top each time we've "checked" how big the carrots are getting but today I turned the little orange fellow into a tiny garden salad. (yep, they're starting to turn orange now)
One perfectly adorable baby carrot and one juicy ripe strawberry from our garden along with a little bit of balsamic vinegar, grape seed oil, and a sprinkle of blue cheese made for a splendid little backyard garden salad.
Perfection!
That is a BEAUTIFUL salad - I mean restaurant worthy!!! It doesn't matter what your produce looks like when you grow it yourself, it is the best tasting thing you've ever had!!! We enjoyed our 5 green beans and 3 green peas before my chucklehead son killed everything while we were on vacation :)
ReplyDeleteThank-you! I agree completely. Food grown in your own yard, that you've watched develop from a seed, that you've watered and checked on daily, it really does taste better than anything else. Oh, I'm so sad about your plants :( I'm glad you got to enjoy a little "fruit" of your labors :))
DeleteRoad trip for dinner at your house tonight! Great presentation as well.
ReplyDeleteCome on over! I've got more where that came from :)
DeleteThanks too!
That's one gorgeous salad, Rivulet. The first of the year is always special but you have definitely done yours proud.
ReplyDeleteThank-you! I'm SOOOOO happy to have taken up gardening. It is just the most delightful thing!
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