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A Garden Can Be Anywhere

A Garden Can Be Anywhere

The lettuce harvest in the above photo came from a small clay pot that sat on a wall soaking up morning sun. I passed by it many times a day on the way to the garage. The 8-inch pot had only three ‘Cimarron’ lettuce plants, grown from seed. And look what it produced.

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If you have a small container and a sunny porch or balcony or even a window box, you can have a garden.

A Garden Can Be Anywhere
Which also happens to be the title of a recent book by Lauri Kranz.

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For a preview, go to Amazon.

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And here’s how I used some of the lettuce along with green beans, tomatoes and herbs from my garden.

In My San Diego Garden and Kitchen

In My San Diego Garden and Kitchen

August by John Updike

August by John Updike