Carry-out Gardener

From Carryout to Gardener in Three Easy Steps

Here’s what you need to grow your own salads and greens indoors.

• Your favorite restaurant carryout containers

• A knife with a fine point and a spoon for stirring

• Water

• Seed starting or potting soil

• Salad and greens seeds

Prepare container

• Wash

• Remove labels

• Poke holes in the bottom

• Flip lid upside down and put under container to catch any extra water

Add soil

• Mix water and soil until it’s brownie batter consistency.

• Add to container and level off.

• Leafy greens have shallow roots so the soil doesn’t have to be deep.

• Press trenches into soil in rows.

Plant salad and greens seed

• Sprinkle seeds into the trenches.

• Press trenches closed.

• Label the containers so you know what’s growing.

• Place near a sunny window.

• Harvest when microgreens and/or large leaves.

• Enjoy!