Reply To: variety in summer salads

[ashleigh]

ah, sorrel! i have some already so that will go in, thanks.

and basil – i tried lettuce leaf basil last year and that’s less fiddly, hadn’t thought to put that in the salads but i’m sure that would be very popular

pea shoots great 🙂 the cooking pea variety ‘bury black’ grows incredibly well here, it’s tougher in texture but so pretty as it has many extra curly tendrils to cope with the winds! and lovely purple flowers so i will try putting more of that in. i haven’t tried conventional pea shoots yet but it’s on my list.

i have a few oca but i wonder if harvesting the leaves might affect the yield but i will nibble on some for myself rather than selling it.

re colourful lettuces that provide big leaves in summer – the best i have found so far is Exbury which is promoted as a baby leaf but gave me huge deep red leaves when i let it be and didn’t go bitter