The Problem: So, don't hate me, fellow health-nuts, but I have a problem with lettuce. Lettuce always has to be difficult. I don't like rudeness in my students and I certainly don't like it in my food. I mean, I like chowing down on delicious, organic green salad with vinaigrette as much as the next guy, but for a single diner, lettuce is a real pain. I buy a head of lettuce or bag of prewashed greens and after one handful on a sandwich, it rots in the fridge. Then there was that horrible incident last year when I tried to grow it and a neighborhood critter cleaned me out in one evening. And yet, I know that I should eat more greens.
The Solution: Presenting the charming and delightful windowsill salad bowl!
You will love this. I want one for every window in my place. I took a medium-sized planting bowl and filled it with lettuces and herbs that will keep growing after I cut them. I planted sweet Italian basil, Napa cabbage, wasabi arugula, and oak leaf lettuce. Conveniently perched on a chair in my kitchen, where it gets some direct light and some indirect. Seems happy so far!
If I want a few leaves of lettuce for my sandwich, it's done. Fresh basil for caprese salad? Done.
Best of all, the windowsill salad bowl is safe from neighborhood pests. Now that I know I can grow herbs and veggies indoors, I will definitely be experimenting more!
Now, who's hungry for lunch?
ME!!! Rhee has also had success growing super-delicious lettuce on our deck. I think she's got some lemon basil in the works. Nice to see the city farmers succeeding!
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