The use of "salad days" is fairly old, if I remember correctly. It was in use amongst the haut ton during the Regency period, and generally referred to those "carefree" years/months/weeks/days between coming out (being introduced to society) and getting married.

And, FWIW, here's a reference from Google:

http://www.boston.com/globe/columns/freeman/salad_days.htm

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