Homegrown Salad Bar
April 20, 2010There are a lot of things to love about living on a farm, but eating your own, homegrown organic salad just picked from the garden is undoubtably one of the best. Weeks ago, my sons and I carefully counted out seeds, dropping them one by one into neat rows and dusting them with rich, black dirt. Day after day, we watered and weeded for just this glorious moment. About five dollars worth of organic green mix on our table tonight, tomorrow night and the next and the next. We keep picking and it keeps growing. In this age of supermarket salad bars, this feels like a miracle. We don’t miss the buzzing fluoresence or the oversized, indifferent walls. Our salad bar is flanked by large green trees and lit by God’s bright orange sun. We pick our greens, toss them in a bowl and give thanks.
… and no sneezeguards. Congratulations! I wish I had room to have a little garden here, but our soil is pretty rocky anyway. I did hang up a Topsy Turvey and filled it with strawberry plants. Nina loves strawberries and she has been claiming the few we’ve received soo far.
Love the scarecrow.
Thanks, David. We love our scarecrow, too. My strawberries, however, aren’t doing so well. Maybe it’s already too hot? Or maybe it’s too dry. I was really hoping for a strawberry & spinach salad. Hope yours do well.