Romaine is nice, but kale is nutrient dense and filling and I actually find it easer to
grow than lettuce.
Not exact matches
Now this way of thinking goes against all the usual resolutions people make because it's not about loosing weight and getting «beach body ready» for June, because you eat what it available to you that is locally
grown, and I know a lot more cows and potatoes that are available for eating this time of year
than heads of
lettuce.
They also found that other organic staples they
grew, including wheat, tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage, onions, and
lettuce also contained 20 % to 40 % more nutrients
than their conventional counterparts.
This planting density would allow homes, offices, restaurants, and more to have easy access to some freshly
grown foods without taking up a lot of space, and the ability to customize its structure to
grow different sized plants could make it a more versatile machine
than just
lettuce and microgreens, which tend to be the staples of indoor gardening systems.
Are foods like
lettuce, eggs and beef better for you if they're
grown locally in your area,
than if they're shipped in from far away?
«The U.S. has simply gotten much better at
growing corn
than lettuce.
That's enough to produce half a million
lettuces a year — and, the company claims, seven times less
than is required to
grow the same crop on a traditional farm.
I don't know what variety of
lettuce you planted but there are varities that you can shear off with scissors (rather
than picking roots and all) and then they keep
growing.