{"id":797,"date":"2011-08-13T23:08:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T06:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eloine.com\/blog\/?p=797"},"modified":"2011-08-14T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T20:48:33","slug":"sharing-a-garden-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eloine.com\/blog\/archives\/797","title":{"rendered":"Sharing a garden special"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a nice little video from Burpee seeds<\/a> on growing lettuce. They have a special of no shipping this weekend if you mention weeknfree on checkout of an order of $40 or more. They mention in this video that lettuce is a cool season crop so they would like you get started on your Fall planting. However I have been quite successful in growing it right during the hot part of august thanks to using something called salad tables and shade cloth. More about that below the video.<\/p>\n

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Below is a photo of my salad table growing a nice crop of loose oak leaf lettuce. Every week I have been able to clear cut myself a new batch of fresh organic lettuce! You can read about how to construct a salad table here<\/a>. Basically the concept is drainage, drainage, drainage. It doesn’t require much soil and is at waist height so no bending over. I made mine not at the same dimensions as this link because I wanted it to fit nicely next to my clawfoot bathtub pond. This whole area is covered with white shade cloth that blocks about 25% of the hot August sun. This allows me to still grow lettuce even in the dead heat of the Summer without it bolting. I plan to replace a lot of my ornamental plants in here with loose leaf lettuce. Not only is it tasty to eat but it’s pretty to look at as well! What a great way to accomplish two objectives at once!<\/p>\n

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Oak leaf lettuce broadcasted in a salad table next to my pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Gotta show off my water lily as well!<\/p>\n

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and my baby blue plumbago mixed with my bubble gum pink suptertunias!<\/p>\n

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