Salad Leaves.
Salads leaves that you cut and which grow again a couple of times are really worth while. The little bit of time and effort it takes to sprinkle the seeds over the surface of a flower pot full of compost is just five minutes or so. In return you can pick leaves that would cost £'s if bought bagged,ready picked, ready washed salad leaves.
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If youu wish you can sow and grow these leaves in raised bead, containers or directly into prepared soil. Prepare as a seed bed and sow as per instructions on seed packets.
'All Seasons salad leaf seed' a mix that can be grown outdoors in summer and on the windowsill in winter time.
The above are links to a UK site that sells seeds and plants.
Pick the leaves gently as and when you want them and they should re-grow two or three times.
Let the kids have a go at growing their own salad all it takes is a few seeds sprinkled over the surface of a container filled with seed compost.
Gently cover over as per packet directions and the children will love watching the seeds grow. Use one of the milder tasting salad leaf seed mixes for this as they will enjoy eating the lettuce better than some of the spicy tasting ones like rocket.
Gently cover over as per packet directions and the children will love watching the seeds grow. Use one of the milder tasting salad leaf seed mixes for this as they will enjoy eating the lettuce better than some of the spicy tasting ones like rocket.