Comments on: Salad Garden Update http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/02/salad-garden-update/ Life In The Slow Lane Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: LynnS http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/02/salad-garden-update/comment-page-1/#comment-386 LynnS Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:54:30 +0000 http://ourhappyacres.com/?p=2214#comment-386 Very inspiring and such nice photos. I am really missing bright green these days!! Your lettuces look wonderfully healthy. Love the 200-count cell pack, too. I've not used those before but they would be ideal for spring greens and even onions. Next time I order trays, I'm going to add some to my list. Seems so much more practical to have that size, using less potting medium! Nicely built cold frame. Amazing what can fit in a size like that, isn't it?! Very inspiring and such nice photos. I am really missing bright green these days!! Your lettuces look wonderfully healthy. Love the 200-count cell pack, too. I’ve not used those before but they would be ideal for spring greens and even onions. Next time I order trays, I’m going to add some to my list. Seems so much more practical to have that size, using less potting medium!

Nicely built cold frame. Amazing what can fit in a size like that, isn’t it?!

]]> By: Deborah Elliott http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/02/salad-garden-update/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Deborah Elliott Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:19:44 +0000 http://ourhappyacres.com/?p=2214#comment-371 Wow, I can't wait to see all these seedlings growing in your garden. It will be beautiful and very tasty! Wow, I can’t wait to see all these seedlings growing in your garden. It will be beautiful and very tasty!

]]> By: Nell Jean http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/02/salad-garden-update/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Nell Jean Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:34:30 +0000 http://ourhappyacres.com/?p=2214#comment-368 My mother used to plant lettuces and other little tasty veggies in old zinc washtubs, using the chimney and bannistered cement steps that formed a SW corner as a heat sink on the south side of the house. She was very good at finding little microclimates to get a head start on good things to eat, late winter. My mother used to plant lettuces and other little tasty veggies in old zinc washtubs, using the chimney and bannistered cement steps that formed a SW corner as a heat sink on the south side of the house. She was very good at finding little microclimates to get a head start on good things to eat, late winter.

]]> By: liza http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/02/salad-garden-update/comment-page-1/#comment-365 liza Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:48:10 +0000 http://ourhappyacres.com/?p=2214#comment-365 Wow, you are going to eat well this spring and summer. Good for you. I wish I was growing fresh greens! Maybe you'll inspire me to try. Wow, you are going to eat well this spring and summer. Good for you. I wish I was growing fresh greens! Maybe you’ll inspire me to try.

]]> By: Villager http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/02/salad-garden-update/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Villager Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:56:43 +0000 http://ourhappyacres.com/?p=2214#comment-364 I made that one. It's 4x4 foot square, which is a bit big to reach across but it fits my beds. It was easy to make, really just a box with a lid on it. The bottom is a 2x8 in front and a 2x12 in back, with 2x12's cut on the diagonal for sloping sides. The top is 2x3's with some metal hardware to reinforce it. I added 2x2's to brace the corners of the bottom. I need to make another one, they are so handy. I would guess you could have quite a little salad garden in your climate with a cold frame! There's lettuce in mine under that snow. It's surviving, just not growing much at the moment. I made that one. It’s 4×4 foot square, which is a bit big to reach across but it fits my beds. It was easy to make, really just a box with a lid on it. The bottom is a 2×8 in front and a 2×12 in back, with 2×12′s cut on the diagonal for sloping sides. The top is 2×3′s with some metal hardware to reinforce it. I added 2×2′s to brace the corners of the bottom. I need to make another one, they are so handy.
I would guess you could have quite a little salad garden in your climate with a cold frame! There’s lettuce in mine under that snow. It’s surviving, just not growing much at the moment.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/02/salad-garden-update/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Meredith Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:46:06 +0000 http://ourhappyacres.com/?p=2214#comment-363 I want a cold frame! I bet in this climate, one could grow right through the winter and have salad in January, with a cold frame. Did you make or buy yours, I wonder? It's lovely, very stylish, and especially attractive with all those lettuces growing in it. :) I want a cold frame! I bet in this climate, one could grow right through the winter and have salad in January, with a cold frame. Did you make or buy yours, I wonder? It’s lovely, very stylish, and especially attractive with all those lettuces growing in it. :)

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