Lettuce, go! (Or maybe that should be “let us go!”)
Kids driving you crazy? You need fresh produce but you’re dreading a trip to the grocery store? You’re facing a stay-at-home-order for, well, ever? Have I got the solution for you. Get those kids outside and grow your own lettuce! It’s easy and as a bonus, it ends with a party! Here we go.. For supplies, you can get fancy and buy a raised bed (the plastic elevated ones by Garden Wizard are my favorites) but any old flowerpot will do. Add soil or if using what is already there, make sure the area hasn’t been exposed to pesticides and weed carefully. For seeds, save yourself a trip to the hardware store and order them from an online retailer such as Burpee, which was fully stocked last time I checked. Start out asking your kids the difference between soil and dirt. They are not the same thing! Soil is made up of organic materials that support living things and covers much of the earth. Dirt happens when little bits of soil become separ...