Banana Box Salad

September 3, 2008 Ben Garden

I’ve just been reading the Plannet Veggie Garden Blog and found a great post about growing Salads in a Banana box.

The cost of this little beauty really puts my Herb Garden for under $40 to shame… a whole $8 they say will set you up for a heap of fresh lettuce.

I especially like the fact that you can start one every week for 4 to 5 weeks, and you’ll never run out of fresh lettuce at your house.

You could also start planting other plants such as dwarf beans, zuchini or tomatoes in boxes like this!

cheap gardening, frugal, growing, lettuce, tomatoes

One Response to “Banana Box Salad”

• Patti says:

  September 7, 2008 at 9:11 am

  Ah, but Ben, no shame for the pretty and functional Herb Garden. The herb plants are perpetual and wouldn’t work as well in the not forever lasting cardboard banana box. You’d have to eventually transplant them.

  The Banana box works well for seasonal veggies since you can simply dump the soil in a new box when the former box won’t last through another planting cycle. Toss the former box into recycle or compost and carry on in the new box.