Knock-Knock. Who’s There? Lettuce Thrive!
Consider Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. – Jim Rohn Keep the bottoms and REGROW LETTUCE Length: 4 Minutes Click here to view. Is cabbage a form of lettuce? Four main types are grown. The category called ‘head’ lettuce includes Bibb, iceberg and, yes, cabbage. As summer’s hottest days approach, keep in mind that lettuce can be refreshing and nutritious as well as tasty. According to Nutrition And You, lettuce “also contains healthy amounts of minerals like iron, calcium, magnesium, and potassium, which are very much essential for body metabolism. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure. The body uses manganese as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Copper required in the production of red blood cells. Iron is essential for red blood cell formation.” Read more Lettuce Benefits. including tips like soaking lettuce in salt water to remove sand, parasite eggs and worms. Some lettuces are healthier than others. Here’s Money Inc’s list of best to least: Living Lettuce is tops. Because roots are still attached, they’ll hold nutrients longer. [See video at top and below for how to grow lettuce indoors.] Oakleaf Lettuce earns second place because of the many types of vitamins it contains. Red Leaf Lettuce contains several different types of phytonutrients, which act as an antioxidant. Some studies have shown they can help prevent certain cancers. Green leaf lettuce contains lots of vitamin K which helps build healthy bones and heal wounds. Romaine lettuce also contains many nutrients. All sources checked state the main value of iceberg lettuce is the water it contains [as do all lettuces]. Ways to Enjoy Lettuce These 40 Recipes to get excited about include: Warm Rice and Pintos Strawberry Salad with Poppy seed Dressing Spicy Turkey Lettuce Wraps These Lettuce Wrap Recipes include: Lettuce Leaf Tacos Easy ‘Peking Duck’ Lettuce Cups Vegan Lettuce Wraps with Tofu Lettuce Thrive! COMMENT Sandra Gould Ford Presenting arts experiences to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. Shop Sandra’s Succeed & Soar Art on Shower Curtains As well as tote bags, tee shirts, journals, puzzles, phone cases, ornaments, face masks, towels, blankets, cups, pillows, greeting cards and more The high quality and unique Shower Curtains by Fine Art America: Are made of 100% polyester fabric Include 12 holes at top for ease in hanging Dimensions 71” wide, 74” tall Cost: $76 NOTE: Sometimes art size must be adjusted for whole image to fit. CUSTOMIZE. Use tools with item to: Enlarge, reduce size of art Change placement of art and text Over 60 background colors can be chosen [shades of yellows, blues, greens, grays and more]. Purchase this shower curtain View All Shower Curtains Thanks for shopping!
Grow Great Fruits & Veggies in Pots
STORAGE TOTE GARDENS A Raised Bed Alternative Length: 12 minutes Click here to view. NOTE Of this technique, one viewer commented: Make sure your totes have a 2 or 5 on the bottom which means they are safe to grow or store foods in. Any other numbers mean the totes are made from chemical recycles that can be absorbed into the soil which will transfer into your food plants. Consider Nature is so smart, it put the medicine inside the food. – Source Unknown Years ago, a friend invited me to her family farm. We picked, boiled and ate corn right away. Wow! Really fresh food tastes fantastic. With those flavors in mind, I’ve sat and watched beefsteak tomatoes ripen behind my garage, each day knowing how delicious they were becoming. Now that I know about soil contaminants and, since deer and groundhogs have invaded my ‘hood,’ growing from my ground won’t work. Planting in pots will! Container Gardening for Food lists these plants as great to grow and eat from apartment window boxes: Bush/Hanging Cucumbers Everbearing Strawberries Geranium edible info Hanging cherry tomatoes Lettuce Mint/Lemon Balm Nasturtiums edible info Pansies edible info Sage Spinach With a bit more space, these herbs and vegetables grow well in containers: Basil Cherry tomatoes Cilantro Eggplant Lettuce Marigold edible info Oregano Peppers Pole beans Radishes Scallions Spinach Swiss chard Tarragon Thyme The Spruce provides reminders for beginning container gardeners, including light and temperature considerations, watering and drainage, soil and more Michigan State University Extension writes, Container gardening for food is a not just a fad; growing food in creative ways is here to stay … Seed companies have kept up with this trend as they keep developing varieties of fruit, vegetables and herbs that will grow in containers … Burpee Seed Company has a number of videos on growing vegetables in containers. Other trusted publications with good videos on the subject are Better Homes and Gardens, Sunset and Farmer’s Almanac. MSU notes that burlap sacks can work as planters. And, the school offers booklets like: Container gardening with vegetables and herbs Container gardening in a sunny area Container gardening in a shady area Click here for more MSU resources, including a free Email digest. In addition to exercise in fresh air and sunshine, raising fruits and vegetables on windowsills, porches and patios lets the gardener control the soil, fertilizers, chemicals and other additives as well as the types of seeds [heirloom and/or organic] from which food is grown, Video 5-GALLON CONTAINER GARDENS Length: 6 Minutes 26 Seconds. Click here to view. Also check out these short, how-to videos: How to Plant Potatoes in a Container. Length: 4 Minutes, 26 Seconds Vertical Growing [Containers with Trellises]. Length: 24 Minutes, 28 Seconds Shop Sandra’s Art on Stickers Art also available as shirts, puzzles, phone cases, ornaments, journals, blankets and more] The high quality and unique Stickers produced by Fine Art America are: Vinyl in 3 sizes: 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 6×6 Kiss-cut w 1/8” border Available with transparent or white background Adhesive back clings to smooth surfaces, easy to remove Adhesive backing with plenty of stickiness Clings to any smooth surface yet easy to remove Priced from $3.50 to $9.20 CUSTOMIZE. Use tools with item to: Enlarge, reduce size of art Change placement of art and text Buy Stickers Here View All Collections HERE. Thanks for shopping!