My daughter Mary Margaret and I have a small Fall Garden in our back yard. We are learning how to grow vegetables and what is involved. We planted tomatoes, romaine lettuce, broccoli, chives, collards, butternut squash, rainbow Swiss chard and mesclun mix. We have met quite a few challenges: bugs, rabbits, and squirrels. we have tried many remedies to eliminate the pests including, cayenne pepper, human hair, wolf urine, sprays, and sulfur. Cayenne pepper seems to have kept the rabbits and squirrels at bay. We tried several "organic" sprays to kill bugs. Finally we had to use Sevin Spray.
So far we have harvested chives, a few cherry tomatoes, romaine lettuce, rainbow Swiss chard, and lots of mesclun mix.
Here is a photo of our rainbow Swiss chard. Note the name is derived from the multi-colors of the stems. We sauteed the chard in olive oil and a little garlic.
Using the mesclun mix, we have prepared many salads and have shared with Chef Clarkson and friends. The mesclun mix was purchased from Beaufort Ace Hardware store. The Wyatt-Quarles company in Garner mixes these seeds for the mix: Prizehead,
Oak Leaf, Red Salad Bowl, and Cimmaron
Lettuces, and Arugula, Endive and Cress. We added eggs, apples, and blue cheese for this particular salad.
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