1st lot of red lettuce.

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And the other half

The rest of the salad has been prepared now. This time there was only enough for 1 big bowl. Strangely enough, the taste of today’s salad wasn’t as delicious as the previous ones. It...

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Initial harvest

Today’s the first day we get to eat home-grown salad, woohoo! As I mentioned before, they should have been harvested already, but hey, better late than never, right? The stems were very thick, full...

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Grown too far

After all this time the salad has grown like crazy! Way too much if you ask me, they should have been harvested ages ago. Now they’ve become plants, they seem to have passed the...

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Day 96: Is this every going to happen?

It’s over 3 months now and the salads are still relatively small. What amazes me is the fact that no creatures have started nibbling at them yet 🙂 Which is a good sign in...

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Day 77: Starting to look like salad

The colour has intensified even more and the leaves are starting to look like salad. As they’re broadening out, I’m getting the feeling that they are growing a lot better now. The rains in...

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Day 63: Getting some colour

The past sunny days have been great and I’m pretty sure these guys enjoyed it too. They have started to get some colour and are really getting juicy. Even though they’re still small, they’re...

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Day 52: Very slowly getting there

Even though the packet said that this type of salad can be planted all year round, I just don’t get the feeling that this is the best season for it. After needing a month...

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Day 30: Finally, some leaflets!

Already a whole month later and the salad has finally managed to breach the surface! Wow, this has taken such a long time, I was starting to think they wouldn’t be growing at all....

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Day 1: First salads

Salad must be the most classic thing to plant in the home garden, yet I haven’t done it, till now. This is a red salad bowl lettuce (I know, really long name :-p) which...