I also wanted to try out a cool new container, made from Dakota's discarded art project: an extra-long tool box. After he drilled drainage holes in the bottom of each compartment, I filled them up with dirt and compost and planted my salad mixes. This year, I went with some lettuce mixes from Renee's Garden. They've all grown really nicely and the mixes provided a good variety of color and flavor in the salad bowl.
I also planted some baby romaine in the center of a large pot and surrounded it with baby carrots. That combination has worked out really well, with the romaine growing tall and healthy and the carrots happily growing downward around the rim of the pot.
I've also got a couple one small pot of chard and another pot of collards growing, although that's not really enough for a meal. I should have planted more.
Overall, though, I'm happy with my winter crop. I expended very little effort, and have already enjoyed many delicious salads fresh from the back patio. Hopefully the warm weather won't cause my greens to bolt too soon, and I'll get a few more cuttings off the plants this Spring.
It looks really great. :)
I wish I liked the leaf lettuces more. I was raised on iceberg. And hubby is definitely and iceberg only guy.
Still love the 'raised beds' and all the green!
Not that many yet, but it’s still pretty early in the season.. haha. On another note, do you have any tips for dealing with soil gnats? They are driving me bonkers. I even tried putting a quarter of a mosquito dunk in my watering can (tip I read about elsewhere), but it doesn’t seem to be helping that much.
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We love okra. I want to try it in a container, too; but with out traveling, I don't know that we'll have much success.
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