Have you ever considered taking some seeds, a little dirt, water, and lots of love to grow your own lettuce? Lettuce is a great winter crop throughout the South and the West. It also has to be one of the simplest things to grow, too! Once you plant your seeds, and the leaves begin to grow you can simply cut off the ones you want and leave the rest to grow. I cut them at the base and leave the root in the ground, and wait for next week when I have a new batch!! They definitely grow fast and produce a lot. Growing lettuce yourself not only saves you money, it also alleviates part of the concerns with foodborne illness (see previous post). Here's my batch from tonight...
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Wendy Jo,
Thank you for sharing. What fond memories this post brings to mind for me. Before my dad passed, he and I used to love going to our family garden together and picking the various kinds of home-grown lettuce, cukes, radishes and many other vegetables.
What a wonderful information you shared with us, I hope you will continue sharing those useful information . Thanks again!!!
Nothing tastes better than home grown produce, our garden is full of salad foods and they taste so damn good! x
Homegrown is definitely the best! Always a much more fresh and intense taste!
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