European Gardening: Any rocket, radicchio, frisee, mache growers?, 1 by greenhouse_gal

greenhouse_gal wrote:
Melissande, my impression is that mâche is eaten raw, as a salad green. One site says "It is a small green that grows in rosette-shaped bunches. It has dark green leaves on short stems. It has a distinct sweet taste taste—“the “mayonnaise of salad greens”. It is wonderful dressed simply with toasted walnut oil and a dash of good sherry vinegar."

I am in New Jersey but have visited France and admired the gardens there. I have a lot of varieties from gourmetseed, too, plus French tomatoes, beans, squash and peas. It's fun to experiment with different vegetables that we don't see much here. I too am trying to grow a 4-season potager; one of the most helpful books I've found is Georgeanne Brennan's "In the French Kitchen Garden." She does a very nice job of breaking crops down into seasons, with a simple but attractive set of diagrams, to show how that works. Elliot Coleman is good but he gives a lot of information and it's a bit hard to apply to a small home garden sometimes. He's an admirer of French gardens as well, though.

Here's the entrance to my garden, by the way....

Leslie




This message was edited May 25, 2009 7:09 PM