This past week I planted another row of lettuce in our greenhouse gutters, and let me tell you Bob, things are sure filling up in there.
This time I transplanted out a nice red leaf variety. I figured it will compliment the Romaine lettuce I transplanted a few weeks ago in some of our dinner salads and on some gourmet burgers.
I wonder if non gardeners have ever tried REAL, fresh picked lettuce before. Do you think they would even be able to taste the difference between the homegrown stuff and the lettuce that’s stuffed into plastic containers and sold at the grocer for cheap, cheap, cheap? 
Growing lettuce in containers {and gutters} has got to be the easiest thing to grow on the planet. Well, besides weeds. 😉 
The Farmer’s Market Blend from Botanical Interests is my favorite. 
Start to finish, {in the spring} most lettuce varieties only take about 45 – 60 days to reach maturity. Talk about instant gratification. And the best part about growing lettuce? Pretty much all you need to get a good harvest is plant your seeds in a good soil mix and keep them watered. That’s it!
So if you have a friend who wants to try gardening, but doesn’t know where to start, give them a packet of lettuce seeds because they are pretty much a no fail vegetable.
In fact I bet a puggle could even grow lettuce. If I could get her to stop digging for treasures of course. 😉
Life is good.
~Mavis
sandi says
The gutters look cool. Did you put holes in the bottom of them for drainage? The snow is finally starting to clear here in RI. My winter sow containers are outside and some peppers are started inside. When we retire we’re efinitely moving to a better gardening climate!
Patricia says
I love this idea and I am going to try it this year. I was thinking of doing lettuce and strawberries. Also I love your blog and can’t wait to hear more.
Michelle says
Let me start by saying, thank you! Thank you for the time you put into this blog, for te knowledge you are giving us fellow gardeners, and want to be frugal people. I have learned a lot from your blog, and it has given me the courage to tackle a much bigger garden than I have ever done. Your site is an addiction, i scour it for all kind I ideas and then give a list to my DH of the things I want to do (some I need help with). I was wondering, what types of lettuce you are growing in your gutters. I had my DH put up 3 for my lettuce, and 1 for strawberries, but mine are outside. Do I need to transfer them to the pallet? my pallet is ready to go if needed. I was going to use it for more lettuce types, but I won’t if I new to transfer.
Your faithful follower,
Michelle