We still have arugula in the garden.  This is our third crop this year.  It grows from seed, gives us leaves for salad, then goes to flower then seed, and we start all over.  We grow arugula from March to December.  

 

Arugula is in the same family as mustard, kale, broccoli, cabbage:  Cruciferae.  But arugula has a character all its own.  Baby arugula that you buy in the produce department of the store is the same thing, but tastes SO different!!  We let the leaves mature a bit before we pick them, and the flavor is spicy, peppery.  We add it to salad greens, soups, grilled cheese sandwiches, OK, everything.  When you cook it, it tastes milder, like spinach.

 

I'm hoping to harvest as much as I can before the weather changes to winter, like tomorrow.  It should last a couple more days in the fridge, then we just have to do without until March.  That's OK, we love it while it lasts.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!