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Look at my beautiful lettuce garden. Just look at it.
I did that 🙂 Using the City Pickers Raised Bed Patio garden kit from Home Depot, and other products listed below, I finally accomplished something I alway wanted to do: I’m growing an organic salad garden at home, and it’s easy, and rather fun. I started this diy garden project from the Home Depot site as the first of my many diy home projects, and am so happy with how well it’s coming along already!
Supplies used to grow salad garden at home:
- City Pickers Raised Bed Patio Garden Kit with Watering System and Casters
- Hand trowel and watering can
- Citrus Tone Natural Fertilizer (for organic gardening)- 1 8 lb bag was more than enough
- Premium Organic Mix with Fertilizer- 2 bags
- Lettuce baby greens and herbs
Steps to cultivate salad garden:
- Pick a sunny spot in your yard (at least 8 hours of sunshine a day)
- Put City Pickers Kit together as per instructions
- Fill with organic potting mix as per directions (keep watering can handy)
- Create troughs with trowel and add fertilizer
- Transplant baby lettuce greens to garden kit in rows, followed by herbs
- Water! Use the garden kit watering hole and indicators to make sure your lettuce greens are well fed
The kit comes with a mulch cover, but my father pronounced it unnecessary- “That’s to prevent weeds, you won’t get weeds in this kit!” so we skipped that part. The sense of accomplishment I feel for doing this project (which is really just starting) is rewarding…I am growing my own food! I am growing my favorite food! (I’m a big salad buff)…and it’s so easy to do!
The only part that I sort of tripped over was not realizing the baby lettuce greens needed to be watered before being transplanted, and leaving them neglected in my backyard until I was ready to start. I thought the rain would take care of them, but they needed to be watered every couple of days, so they looked a little parched and wilted when I first transplanted the poor things, but quickly perked up within a day of being well hydrated and fed.
Stay tuned for a final update!
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I love that you’re going organic with your garden. We can’t wait to start ours 🙂
Time to plant some tomatoes now 🙂
LOVE it! It’s already too hot here for greens but I want to do it in the fall.
This turned out fantastic! I really want to grow some things this year.
love your little garden! Can’t wait to see it grow!
We just bought some tomato plants this week. Planning on a small little garden in my backyard.
I didn’t know that either about lettuce and loved the video!
I’m glad to hear your garden is growing well. How cool to have a kit to aid in your project!
I need to make a trip to Home Depot to pick up some gardening things, but I’m going to wait until after my kids’ upcoming birthday party. My 3yo gets so excited every time we drive by Home Depot. The last time we were there she loved walking through the garden center.
It looks great!
That’s awesome! I really want to grow my own food.
Your lettuce garden is awesome! I’ve tried starting a garden but my dogs always eat anything I grow! LOL!
The kit really made it so much less intimidating, and I feel like in the future I’m able to try tackling it without a kit (I can reuse the kit in the future for just herbs, for example, and grow my lettuce in our backyard ground)
What a great little garden! Decorative and useful!
Looks pretty awesome!
Wow! Look at that progress!!
Your garden looks like it’s off to a great start! We have the hardest time growing lettuce in ours.
Your garden looks great!
Ive always wanted to grow vegetables but worried about the cats and animals that like to run through my yard. Thanks for sharing
I bet it tastes amazing!
That is awesome! I want to grow a salad!
This is my worry too, lots of neighborhood animals…we are putting a fence up soon, can’t wait!
I have one of those and have tomatoes, jalapenos, bell peppers, and habaneros growing. Oh, and some chocolate mint, too!
This is so exciting! I just want to do everything you do, Penelope. You inspire me!
I already told my hubby I want a garden…
That garden kit is fantastic, I need to see if my Home Depot carries these.
It looks so lovely. I wish we could do it. But we live in an apartment.
I love your pics! Sadly, I don’t think I will get more than a patio garden going this year.
It looks great and I love the raised bed idea!
I wish I had planted a salad and salsa garden… but rabbits eat up everything when I do. :/
What a great idea to be able to buy it in a kit. I can’t wait to see how your garden grows!
I have a backyard with great access to the sun. This year we are attempting to grow a couple tomato plants.
I really want to plant a salad and herb garden this year. I like the super raised beds, the ones that are a few feet in the air.
I would love to do this .growing fresh vegetables is at the top of my list this yr
Now that is totally awesome! I love it!! Actually I need to plant some lettuce I think in our table beds Cory built last year. Would love to make some fresh home grown salads!
I have that same planter. I’m using mine for tomatoes and bell peppers 🙂
Good for you, growing things is not my specialty.
I’d love to grow my own salad garden.
I almost bought that garden kit at Home Depot!
Great post! I love your garden.
I miss having a garden this year. We did start a lettuce container though so looks like we’ll both enjoy salad.