Thanks to Kerry for helping again this week, we were able to put together a tasty salad mix. The boxes are quite full this week thanks to the Swiss chard and all the radish - still making 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.
Oregano and spearmint are perishable too, but are still flavorful if wilted. it's possible to chop them up and dry them for use in soups. When using spearmint, bruising first helps release the aromatic oils.
The sorrel 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.
Nettles and kale 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.
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