Renting can be difficult for a whole host of reasons: Rental costs are rising, landlords can be strict or unhelpful, there can be pretty high upfront costs, and it can mean you move more often, which can become pretty expensive. And on top of all of that, you have to be very careful with how you decorate your home—that is, if you want your security deposit back.
Salad with a Side of Slug
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Salad with a Side of Slug Growing lettuce is rewarding but sometimes it comes with more than you bargained for! The joy of growing your own greens
Intellectually, I know that gardening comes with its fair share of bugs, pests and creepy crawlies. But knowing this and encountering such creatures in my lunch are two very different things.
The first spring I grew lettuce and spinach in my raised bed garden was an exciting year. Unlimited fresh greens seemed like a fantastic way to save some money and feed my family healthy sides. Plus, a perk of planting leaf lettuce is that you can sow it early in the season, and it grows quickly. Within a month, it’s ready to harvest, and if you just cut off the leafy tops, you have unlimited salad greens all spring if you don’t let it go to seed.
Green goddessThe first few salad bowls were a celebration of what a fantastic gardener I was. Was it fresher than grocery lettuce? Definitely. Greener? Of course. Tastier? Duh.
Several weeks later, the novelty had worn off for the kids. They were equally sick of salad and of me bragging that I’d grown it with my own two hands. Honestly, the novelty was wearing off for me as well. Every time I went to the garden, it began to feel like a real “fishes and loaves” situation. Incredulously, as quickly as I was harvesting the lettuce, it was growing back fuller and thicker. I could feed my entire neighborhood with the absurd amount I was growing.
Slimy stowawayThen came the fateful day that would swear me off garden lettuce for the rest of the season. I cut, washed and put the lettuce in the salad spinner for a summer lunch. Cucumber, cherry tomatoes, cheese, carrots and croutons went into the bowl. I had taken about three bites when, out of the
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