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. 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.
