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<\/a>Two of my mesclun boxes; one of which is made from an old desk drawer.<\/p><\/div>\n
Over the winter I’ve put in several small mixes of ‘speedy seeds<\/em>‘ and ‘windowsill salads<\/em>‘. These mixes of crops are also known as Mesclun (I only found that out today!<\/em>) and the turnaround is quick. In general, most of the seeds start germinating in only a few days, and some leaves are ready to pick as soon as 21 days later. And the great thing is you can keep picking without destroying the plant; simply remove a few of the largest leaves and leave enough foliage behind for continuous growth. However<\/em>, plants will eventually come to their end and, if you’re trying to start up a new market farm enterprise as I am, you’ll need quite a lot of crop; hence the successional sowing.<\/p>\n To make life easy, I made a little video for the Brimwood Farm YouTube channel<\/a> which shows the process of sowing.<\/p>\n