Spinach and red leaf lettuce salad- test post

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I am writing this post to test the newly developed Ecency editor. I have had a few questions, but so far I really like the way it works!

The lettuce and spinach in my planter box has grown so nicely that it is ready for picking.

We picked some to make a salad over Mothers Day weekend.

Red, orange and yellow bell peppers made a nice addition.

Some chopped up dill pickles, feta cheese and a simple dressing of lemon, garlic and olive oil and it was ready for dinner!

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What variety is the red leafed plant?
With your spinach do you direct sow the seeds or transplant?

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I think this one is called Super Red Romaine. It is quite tasty.
The spinach is a transplant. Seeds have been sown in the other half of the planter box and they are growing nicely.

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Wow, so nice to have so big organic vegetables like that in a comfortable way to plant and pick. That's great. They have a different color than our variety here I think.

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There are so many different varieties of spinach and lettuce. The planter box does protect the vegetables from deer and rabbits and does make them easy for me to reach,
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Good to know. You live also in the middle of so much nature and rabbits are common. Here, we plant on the soil and just we protect basically from snails. 😉

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Snails can be a problem here, too. It is a battle! Everyone wants to eat my lettuce!

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Plant it yourself, cook it and eat it yourself. That's so awesome :)

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I do love eating food I have grown myself!
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That's good, the quality is definitely guaranteed :)

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Ohhhh they look tasty! I can't grow salad in my garden right now bc of the snail army but maybe I will build such a cool fence some day. Bon appétit!

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I have to grow it in the planter box so that it is protected from the deer, rabbits, and woodchucks! I had a problem with snails one year. They are awful.

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Good evening mom, The vegetables look very lush, and I don't really understand what the red leaves are, they must be delicious after mom cooks them ❤️🙏

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The red leaves are a variety of lettuce, which is a leafy vegetable commonly used as a base for salads or in sandwiches. It is most often eaten raw and is something I enjoy eating frequently

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Yes, I have seen the green leaves that are usually used in burgers, but I have never seen the Lettuce red ones, that's why I asked Same as mother,Thank you very much ma'am for letting me know🙏❤️

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The lettuce and spinach look very appetizing!
Last fall, my wife planted some spinach in the greenhouse, but it did not sprout. In the spring, it surprised us - it grew very big and delicious. He had never grown so big before.

By the way, in Russia, many people believe that cucumbers are salted only in Russia.

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Fresh sliced salted cucumbers?

Or salted and pickled in brine?

My daughter-in-law recently found a brand of pickles in the grocery store that she says are just like the kind she grew up eating in Russia.

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Wow ooo very nice and beautiful pictured, and they look very attractive and enjoyable ♥️👍

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They are tasty, too! I'm looking forward to plenty of salads in the next few weeks
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I would love to have a garden at home; it would be very useful when it comes to eating, but those beautiful little plants require a lot of care.

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Grow a few in an easy to water pot! You don't need a huge garden.!LUV

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I live in a one-room apartment, I don't have a balcony or terrace, but as soon as I have one, I'll definitely take advantage of it.

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A colorful salad always make a meal look more appealing.
My leaf lettuce are just a little bigger than seedlings at the moment.
!LADY

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I often have a salad as my meal. I do love veggies!
Thanks for stopping by!
!LADY

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Great looking salad. Once again you are ahead of me in Vermont. Our spinach and lettuce is just getting going. Did I mention I have a cold frame now? I don't think I posted about it. A neighbor upgraded theirs and we took over and fixed up the old one. Our tomatoes are in it now. Really fun to figure out and seems to be working well.

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My planter box has a plexiglass top and can be used as a cold frame. We modified it with a bit of chicken wire for the top so that it can be used year round and protect the plants from critters. The sides are plexiglass all year.

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If we, the people, want to live a good and healthy life, then we have to eat the same kind of healthy food, eat more vegetables so that we can stay healthy and not get fat.

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Hope the Ecency editor is working well 🥰 Well done for the great work

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It is going to be great! Changes will be on the website. Devs are doing some fine tuning, but I really liked using it.

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The salads look great dear Melinda, thanks for sharing these images. You surely feel good working with Ecency editor, there is always something pleasing in this platform to discover. Hugs!!!

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That salad came out beautifully, it looks like that lettuce and spinach are coming right along!

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I'm going to need to freeze some of that spinach! There is no way I can eat that many salads! Temps today go up to 90° and we have tornado watches... Spinach likes cool temperatures and won't last long in this heat.

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That is true, it will wilt quickly in the heat. I hope no storms come your direction, that last thing you need is a tornado!

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