May 22nd Delivery to Prior St

Thanks to Kerry for helping this week, we were able to put together a tasty salad mix.  The boxes are quite full this week thanks to the giant collards and all the radish - had to make space in the green house for more peppers!  The order of perishability is as follows:


Use the mix salad, spinach, and radish leaves first.  These are very tender and will only last a couple days before getting wilted.  The radish root will keep longer but are also nice in the salad. 

Chives are perishable too, but are still flavorful if wilted. it's possible to chop them up and dry them for use in soups.  same with the lemon balm.

the giant red mustard and swiss chard will keep a while, longer than regular lettuce.  the trick is putting them in a plastic bag while they are moist.  works well with most leafy greens.

the nettles and collard greens are very robust and will last more than a week.

The mix salad contains:  loose leaf lettuce, beet tops, wild sorrel, mizuna mustard, edible chrysanthemum, baby chard, arugula, and bits of chickweed.  details of the chrysanthemum and collard greens are here.

The chickweed grows fast, is very nutritious, and has a slight nutty taste. 

 Mizuna has a mild mustard flavour. 

Found some wild sorrel in the garden, its a bad weed with long reaching roots.  However, it tastes great - very pronounced lemon flavour.  I will keep some of it around, maybe in a big pot to keep it from spreading too much.

Lemon Balm is a herb and makes lovely tea, hot or cold.  Studies have shown that the tea is good for alleviating anxiety.  Here is a recipe for lemon balm sorbet.