Lou's Lettuce

Stop everything. I must let you know that nothing tastes sweeter/nicer than home grown lettuce. Lettuce is very easy to grow and even easier if you do it our way. Buy yourself a 30L or smaller back of potting mix. Lye it flat in the position you want to keep it, where it will get sunshine. Cut 6 holes in the top of the plastic, evenly spaced and plant your seedlings in here. Water each morning and fertiliser with a high nitrogen fertiliser weekly. You will not regret it.

We use a lot of lettuce in our summer meals, I tend to cut quite a number of leaves off and they will last in the fridge for more than 2 weeks.....honestly. Try and get a shop-bought lettuce to last this long....good luck. I wash them well and then spin them in my lettuce spinner, empty the excess water once spun and keep in fridge with the lid on....it will last so well.