First Garden Salad of the Season

This weekend we harvested the the first salad of the season from the garden.  I had planted a mescalin mix and some arugula seeds in that early warm spell this spring just before that last heavy snow fall. Luckily the snow melted the next day and watered the seeds, giving the plants a good kick start.  This weekend the leaves were finally large enough to begin harvesting.  Chives, lovage and some fennel fonds supplemented the salad, as well as the perennial herbs, thyme, sage and oregano.  
Earlier in the day, we had weeded all the garlic mustard we came across.  The leaves from the garlic mustard, which are nutritionally loaded, provided a tasty addition to the salad. I had also planted some pansies and the flowers made the perfect topping for our first garden salad.