Salad Days

by | Jul 11, 2013 | Farm Life, Friendship, Garden, Local Food, Summer, Vermont | 22 comments

129twigandvine, salad days, photo © Sue Schlabach Between thunderstorms we’re celebrating the salad days of summer. The thunderstorms have been a daily occurrence. No swimming in the river to beat the heat. {But Paul’s watermelon cocktail on July Fourth was a good idea.} And salad. The row of mixed lettuces of lime, purple, burgundy and viridian is thriving in these wet days. Spells of intense sun and heat help the tomatoes along, but the spinach bolted last weekend. Still, the lettuce goes on. I keep thinking I’ll soon wake to a withered mess.

Then the chickens will get a feast.129twigandvine, watermelon cocktails, photo © Sue Schlabach129twigandvine_cherry_tomatoes © Sue Schlabach

22 Comments

  1. buemichl on July 11, 2013 at 10:15 am

    really good looking salad

  2. Kate George on July 11, 2013 at 11:24 am

    I can’t remember a summer with so many storms. I’m sprouting mushrooms!

  3. Lori O. on July 11, 2013 at 12:15 pm

    I love the bright nasturtium in the salad!

  4. Seattle Foodshed on July 11, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    Love your photos. And is that where the phrase ‘salad days’ came from? Interesting. Love a nice watermelon cocktail, too!

    • Sue Schlabach 129twigandvine on July 11, 2013 at 8:18 pm

      I just had the term ‘salad days’ epiphany this year. I assume that it’s derived from the early harvests while waiting for bigger sustenance crops. Be well!

  5. Hats and Horses on July 11, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    I MUST have a salad tonight after your wonderful enticing blog! Beautiful images… Thank you!

    • Sue Schlabach 129twigandvine on July 11, 2013 at 8:20 pm

      I hope you had a great salad. Ours had grated beets, fresh peas and slivers of peppers.

  6. doreensblog on July 11, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Try this one: Watermelon, feta cheese, cucumber with a lemon, oil and salt Dressing. It is G O R G E O U S ! It tastes so good and I could eat it all summer Long 🙂

    • Sue Schlabach 129twigandvine on July 11, 2013 at 8:14 pm

      I will try it! I have most of those things. Have you ever flash-sauteed watermelon for salad? Sounds strange, but is really tasty! Take care.

  7. doreensblog on July 12, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    Oh wow, I had to translate “flash-sauté” and even look the German word up in the dictionnary 😉 but now I got it and it sounds so super strange but I will defenatly try it the next time!

  9. apartmentwife on July 19, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    you make pictures of a salad look like a garden — so pretty!

    • Sue Schlabach 129twigandvine on July 20, 2013 at 10:43 am

      I only wish the garden always looked as beautiful as this salad did! Thunderstorms are reeking havok out there. Thanks for the compliment!

  10. ginnytalbert on July 21, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    Your salad days shots are so very healthy and appealing looking. I grow nasturtiums for salads, too. So peppery and yummy!

    • Sue Schlabach 129twigandvine on July 21, 2013 at 8:05 pm

      Thanks! I just weeded the row of nasturtiums. I love the pepper taste and the jewel colors. Happy gardening!

  11. federicaferrarese on August 2, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    I could eat only salad and watermelon during the summer!!
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  12. Karen Logan on September 9, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    This is gorgeous!

  13. Rachael on September 22, 2013 at 3:33 pm

    Oodles of succulence wrapped up with your own inimitable style. Gorgeous.