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Transcript: Grow your own salad
You’ve probably tried to grow lettuce before, but have you tried growing your own cool season salad? There are quite a few different greens we can grow and mix together to add some spice and zest to our cool season fare.I like to grow a mix of different lettuces together; they provide different colors and textures and make for an attractive salad. For a traditional addition, a little bit of spinach goes well in a salad. And then there are greens like mustard greens which can provide a little bit of heat and some tanginess to the salad. I like arugula or roquette; it provides kind of a nutty flavor when picked young and is really attractive. In fact, there are really a lot of different greens you can mix together.
Some come pre-packaged in mixes called mesclun mixes. I prefer not to grow those because I find that here in our Texas situation, some greens in the mix tend to overgrow others. So the way I like to do it is plant the lettuces in one area, arugula in another, and so on down the line, and then harvest and mix them according to taste.
So this season, why not break away from just one type of lettuce and grow a variety of greens to add zest to your salad?
With your common sense tip on spicing up a cool season salad, I’m Skip Richter.
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July 6, 2006