Whats the value of a bowl of fresh salad on the table?
At $10 for 365 days the value comes out at $3650 and you can grow all you need for under $50 a year, even less if you save the seed and make your own compost. My Favourite Summer Salad Two bunches of Darwin lettuce leaves 1 cup of basil leaves 1 cup of Kan Kong leaves 1 cup of yellow pear tomatoes cut in halves 1 lemon apple cucumber cut into fingers Dressing1 Jalapeno chillies, juice of 1 lemon, 1 tablespoon honey and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Wash and spin dry salad greens, pound chillies and add lemon, honey and olive oil, mix. Place salad greens in a bowl toss in cucumber and tomatoes, drizzle with dressing. How to Grow a Summer Salad Darwin lettuce is a loose leaf, non hearting lettuce with wavy edges. Pick outer leaves as required. This tropical lettuce is pest free it benefits from a weekly drink of a seaweed solution. Mulch plants heavily to prevent dirt splashing onto the leaves during rain. To give flavour to the salad add some Genovese basil, the dark green leaves have a spic