My garden has grown, shrunk, been eaten by horses, been neglected, and will eventually be moved a mile up the moutnain. Through all these paste & future changes there is one thing that stays constant in my garden; microgreens.
In part it is because this climate is so ideal for growing greens. I have had success with growing greens in trays, in the ground, growing greens to maturity, and even harvesting seeds for future microgreens. I cannot say the same about the "fruits of summer" (aka tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers) and have had only mild success with pumpkins.
The greens are there for me years after year, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And yes they do require a bit of planning and space, but compared to other aspects of my life and garden, they are low maintenance.
So, yesterday I went out to the side yard to harvest a bowl-full of greens. I also did some weeding while I was there. Baby grass and catnip are creeping in to this garden bed where I have beets and calendula planted. I planted the beet and calendula seeds together a couple of months ago. The idea is that I will thin out the beets while they are young and good for greens. Eventually there will be just a few beets that will grow to maturity and hopefully produce seeds. Also I want this segment to be full of calendula flowers to harvest in fall and winter.
Because while I do really love to grow microgreens and value them as pretty much the only organic vegetable I consume, my real passion is growing herbs.
I mentioned in the intro that in about a year my entire garden will move. So, even though I currently have a huge yard to plant my garden in, many of my plants live in containers. And I am surprised by how well they are doing! Especially the calendula flowers and culinary herbs like sage.
Then there are my cannabis plants, they too live in containers, for now at least. Honestly I am a bit sad at how slowly they are growing. I know pruning them a couple of weeks ago was bad timing and they have yet to recover. Ideally these herbs will be planted in the ground but, for now, I like to keep them close to the house (though thoroughly hidden) so I can water them every day.
