We have been growing many varieties of leaf lettuces lately. They’re too easy to grow in pots. I think everybody should do it. I’ve said it before and I’m sayin’ it again… bagged lettuce from the grocery store is yuk. It’s no wonder salad has such a bad rap. Fresh lettuce harvested at home gives non-salad eaters a new perspective (my kids, for example).
- Harvesting dinner.
My 3-year-old has taken the new position of being the household salad cutter. When she hears the word “salad” mentioned, she starts yelling, “I’ll do it, I’ll do it, let me do it”! I don’t let her do it alone, of course. She always chirps about cutting lettuce to make “a special salad”.
She always eats her dinner when she's allowed to help prepare it.
I grew a Siamese dragon stir-fry mix of seeds that I bought from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. There’s not much left of them because I stir-fried them all. I’m definitely getting more of these seeds. They went into several large meals.
- A “before” photo would have been much nicer but I always went out to the pots armed with scissors instead of a camera.
The big pots that my lettuces are growing in are complete overkill. Lettuce can be grown in a shallow container, probably 4-6 inches of depth are necessary. A wide container is ideal because more seeds can be grown at the same time.
- Delicious leaf lettuce.
I couldn’t think of anything to make for dinner the other night and ended up throwing together a Cobb salad. It was my own version of a Cobb salad. My 9-year-old son has now decided that he likes gorgonzola cheese because the salad was so delicious. The calories this salad contained was definitely not for the rabbits.
More delectable lettuce.
Different kinds of leaf lettuces.
A Special Salad.
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