The Harvest Keeps Coming

 

Before snipping (bottom) and after. 
The unit on the right has lettuce leaf basil,
Thai basil, and thyme

Today, I pulled out the scissors to cut a couple of lettuce leaves off the countertop garden to garnish my breakfast. As has happened before, the snipping continued and I ended up getting a bigger bowl, and then finally my big salad spinner to put the lettuce in. 

This countertop garden makes me so happy! I normally buy boxes of lettuce leaves at the supermarket, but lately I’ve been disappointed at how quickly they start to slime. Once some of the leaves have slimed, the whole remaining container goes in the compost pile. I suspect if I bought heads of loose leaf lettuce and washed and stored them properly I would have better luck. But I’m all about convenience. And what could be more convenient than snip-snip right there in my kitchen!