I planted some vegetables in my raised beds back on March 28th -- a little over a week ago. A few days ago I noticed that I had sprouts! That's pretty rapid germination. Yay! Unfortunately when my backyard dream team was here, they got overly enthusiastic and topped off all my raised beds with additional organic compost. I had just turned my back for a moment... and everything was buried. I sort of freaked out. My poor little sprouts!
Today I saw that they had stretched their little necks up through the new layer of soil:
I know, they are tiny. They will grow fast, though. The marigold borders have started coming up too. Considering that in the last two nights I ate an entire bunch of kale (yes, 2 nights, 2 bunches) I am supremely excited about the kale coming up. I make a raw kale salad recipe from Wholefoods:
Raw kale, de-ribbed
Olive oil
Fresh lemon juice
Sea salt (I used an herbed sea salt with chiles that Santa brought me)
Red pepper flakes - a lot of them
Fresh minced garlic
You just mix up the dressing and coat the kale pieces in it. I seriously sit on the couch and eat it with my fingers like it is a bag of chips. No guilt there. I read recently that kale has the highest vitamin content of any leafy vegetable. I have no idea if that is true...
