Cool weather crops have bolted
As of last week, the cilantro and mustard have bolted. I’ve been having trouble harvesting the mustard fast enough, and going on vacation for a week didn’t help the situation.
I’ve been reading up on cooking techniques for sour greens and experimenting on eating them. I find them too bitter to use often in a salad, but cooking them in a stir fry that has a sweeter sauce like teriyaki or hoisin makes them taste quite nice.
For future reference, 4 mustard plants per person is more than enough.
The cilantro is another story, I was hoping to have some around when the tomatoes start ripening, but planting them in the spring wasn’t that useful because they’ve all bolted. I’ll have to plant more of them as the summer progresses, so they’ll be ready for salsa in August/September.
Everything else seems to be on track. I’m especially pleased about the parsley plant that I bought from Home Depot, I’ve hardy been able to keep up with cutting it, and it hasn’t shown any signs of bolting yet.