This has worked out amazingly well. We have enjoyed lots of lettuce for sandwiches and small salads and it just keeps coming back no matter how much we pick. The boss makes amazing croûtons (really good in soup too, so I made some of that Saturday, with venison, homegrown ground beef and a little Italian sausage from our 2006 piggies) so with a little super sharp hunter's cheddar and some ranch dressing we are rich indeed.
That is so excellent. I've already started a bit of lettuce and spinach which is ready for outdoors, but the ground just won't thaw. Maybe I'll plant mine in a cooler, too, and just keep it there.
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, It does take a very bright window or a grow light, but it works so much better then bringing lettuce inside in the fall. I do a lot of container gardening and tried that one year, but a lot of white flies and aphids came in right along with the lettuce. This that we started indoors is nice and clean.
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Maybe I should try this with the mesclun seedlings that are ready to go, but the ground isn't.
ReplyDeleteLooks tasty!
That's a great idea. I'd love to do it, but I bet my cats would devour it.
ReplyDeleteHi Laurainnj, I am sure it would work fine with mesclun greens too, as long as you have lots of sun. I grow them in the summer, but I love the Pinetree lettuce mix so that is what I am growing now.
ReplyDeleteLaurie, I expect you are right...the dogs aren't interested. lol
It's already too hot here to grow lettuce. It would bolt too quick.
ReplyDeletethat looks fantastic.
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ReplyDeleteI grow lettuce indoors....as well as wheatgrass with my led grow lights. It grows at an amzing rate.....I use a 90 watt led grow light.
ReplyDeletei use organic soil and keep a fan on the grows.
I have tomatoes flowering and fruiting under my light as well. My neighbors come over and go down in my basement...and cant believe how much is growing....lol!!! :)
Brad, I never tried lights. We have huge windows facing east and they seem to work pretty well. I am going to try some more vegetables this winter. Thanks for visiting and for taking time to leave a comment.
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