Heritage Home Ec

  • Home
  • About Me
    • About Me
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
  • Home Ec
    • Home Projects & Remodeling
    • Budget & Money
    • Cleaning
    • Family Fun
    • Garden
    • Home Safety
    • Laundry Care
    • Meal Planning
    • Organizing
    • Tutorials
    • Tips & Tricks
  • Crafts
    • Holidays
      • St. Patrick’s Day
    • DIY Home Decor
  • Food
    • Main Dishes
    • Side Dishes
    • Canning & Preserving
    • Baking & Breads
    • Condiments & Dressings
    • 30 Minute Meals
    • Breakfast
    • Desserts
    • Freezer Cooking
    • Slow Cooker
    • Meal Planning
  • Resource Library
  • Lumber and Laserbeams
    • Get the What’s For Dinner? Planner

May 26, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Never Buy Bagged Lettuce Again!

Garden· Home Ec

Year-Round Fresh Lettuce- Heritage Home Ec Tired of wasting money buying lettuce at the store? Here's how we have fresh lettuce year-round without ever buying it at the store. | Garden | Lettuce | Budget | Home Economics |

Tired of wasting money buying bags of lettuce at the grocery store only for it to wilt and rot before you eat it? Let me show you how we have fresh lettuce year-round without ever buying it at the store.

*This post contains affiliate links to help support our site at no cost to you. For more information, please click here.*

I Got Tired of Wasting Lettuce

Salad is a wonderful part of life. Really. I love making salads as sides to a lot of our meals. It sneaks in veggies when you have people who claim they don’t like them around.

But so many times I purchased a bag of pre-cut and washed lettuce only to have it rot in less than a day in my fridge.

I hate that.

Getting off the Bagged Lettuce Bandwagon

Never Buy Bagged Lettuce Again- Heritage Home Ec Tired of wasting money buying lettuce at the store? Here's how we have fresh lettuce year-round without ever buying it at the store. | Garden | Lettuce | Budget | Home Economics |

I am not going to give up lettuce. And I’m not willing to go all winter without having a decent salad.

So I researched what I could do to make sure that we had fresh lettuce all year long. Granted I have lettuce in the garden for most of the summer, but what do I do about the cold months in Ohio?

Aerogarden & Cut Lettuce

I’m not the biggest fan of iceburg lettuce. It’s just so bland and watery. So I researched lettuce and the cut versions.

Turns out there are tons of options you can get that are really good. They compare to the “spring mix” that the grocery carries. Currently I have Mesclun growing in my Aerogarden for our salads and toppings. It’s pretty and hearty. I honestly think that this is my husband’s favorite so far.

Currently, I use the Bounty Basic model of Aerogarden for my indoor needs. I’m seriously looking into the Farm version. I can only imagine the possibilities with that one!!

Never Buy Bagged Lettuce Again- Heritage Home Ec Tired of wasting money buying lettuce at the store? Here's how we have fresh lettuce year-round without ever buying it at the store. | Garden | Lettuce | Budget | Home Economics |

Setting up Your Aerogarden

When you order your Aerogarden, it’s a simple set up. Basically, you put your seed pods in, add water and nutrients and turn it on. Easy peasy.

The most difficult thing for me is dealing with our water out here in the middle of nowhere. I see what it does to our sinks and toilets. I do not want to use it straight out of the tap for something with such small running parts.

To adjust to our water without having to buy it all the time, I learned that just boiling our water and then letting it sit uncovered in jugs gets out most of the yuckiness. While we have both a water softener and a whole house water filter system, I still don’t trust it.

AeroGarden In-Home Garden System - $125 in Coupons

Grow Anything

While Aerogarden has tons of options of seed pods to choose from, I love the option of just purchasing more sponges and then growing whatever I want. I get to be my picky self this way. I just make sure that the sponges are dampened, place 3 seeds in each sponge, and place and grow.

Why 3 you may ask?

I’ve learned over time to adjust for failure. You may have a “bunk” seed in the mix. In order to make sure that I get every pod full of growing plants, I put in 3 and then just thin it down to only 1 as needed.

Year Round Fresh Lettuce in the Aerogarden

I love all of what I can grow in my Aerogarden, but I really think that lettuce is my favorite. Anytime I want fresh lettuce, I just have to walk over to the Aerogarden with a pair of scissors and snip off what I need.

It really has changed the way we eat around here. I actually have a husband asking for salad because he sees the fresh lettuce growing in the kitchen every day. It’s awesome.

Having this bounty of lettuce has left me to create and make more homemade dressings too. Make sure you check out my Mom’s Spicy French Dressing recipe. It’s always a hit around here.

AeroGarden - In-Home Garden System - $125 in Coupons
Year-Round Fresh Lettuce- Heritage Home Ec Tired of wasting money buying lettuce at the store? Here's how we have fresh lettuce year-round without ever buying it at the store. | Garden | Lettuce | Budget | Home Economics |
Never Buy Bagged Lettuce Again- Heritage Home Ec Tired of wasting money buying lettuce at the store? Here's how we have fresh lettuce year-round without ever buying it at the store. | Garden | Lettuce | Budget | Home Economics |
Year-Round Fresh Lettuce- Heritage Home Ec Tired of wasting money buying lettuce at the store? Here's how we have fresh lettuce year-round without ever buying it at the store. | Garden | Lettuce | Budget | Home Economics |
Never Buy Bagged Lettuce Again- Heritage Home Ec Tired of wasting money buying lettuce at the store? Here's how we have fresh lettuce year-round without ever buying it at the store. | Garden | Lettuce | Budget | Home Economics |
Please follow and like us:
error
fb-share-icon
Tweet
fb-share-icon

Related posts:

Mom's Spicy French Dressing- Heritage Home Ec Growing up, I can't remember not having a jar full of Mom's Spicy French Dressing in the fridge. To this day, it is my Dad's all-time favorite dressing. | French Dressing | Condiment | Dressing | Homemade | Recipe | Food |Mom’s Spicy French Dressing Homemade Sloppy Joe Sauce- Heritage Home Ec Who doesn't love a good ole Sloppy Joe? Make it better by making your own Homemade Sloppy Joe sauce! And you can CAN it too! | Canning | Recipes | Sloppy Joes | Homemade | Home Economics |Homemade Sloppy Joe Sauce Country Comfort Food Cabbage & Noodles- Heritage Home Ec Love good ole country comfort food? This easy Cabbage and Noodles recipe is a quick and delicious dinner idea for any weeknight meal. | Food | Recipes | Quick Meals | 30 Minute Meals |Country Cabbage and Noodles 5 Home Economics Skills You Need to Learn- Heritage Home Ec Home Economics should still be a vital part of how you run your home. Here are my top 5 home economics skills you need to learn. | Home Economics | Home Ec | Homemaking |5 Home Economics Skills You Need to Learn
« Daily Cleaning Routine with Free Printable
Dark Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies »

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Welcome!

Amy is a working homemaker, sharing time between home and her day job.  Growing up in a rural area with a Home Economics teacher for a mother, she learned the basics of home economics as well as simple homesteading skills.  From the family garden to budgeting and meal planning, the daily life created her “old fashioned” values.

Find out more about Amy here.

Heritage Home Ec. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Buy me a coffee


Cleaning Cards
Start, Grow and Monetize Your Blog with Confidence


© Heritage Home Ec–2023

Copyright © 2023 · captivating theme by Restored 316