About this box
A salad picked a few minutes before you eat it tastes of something, which the bagged kind rarely does. The Salad Bowl Collection brings together eight quick, easy crops that between them fill a bowl with colour, crunch, pepper and a little sharpness from late spring through to the first frosts.
There are three lettuces, each a different shape and texture: sweet little hearts from Little Gem, compact Amaze, which stands well in warm weather without bolting, and frilly red Lollo Rossa for cut-and-come-again picking. Wild Rocket brings the pepper and French Sorrel a clean lemony bite. Pak Choi Rubi adds deep purple leaves that keep their colour in a stir-fry, Radish Sparkler is ready in about four weeks, and White Lisbon spring onions finish the bowl.
Keeping the bowl full
Sow little and often. A short row or a pot of each every three or four weeks from spring to late summer gives a steady supply instead of a glut followed by nothing. Everything here is happy in pots, window boxes and raised beds as well as in open ground, so a sunny doorstep is enough to start.
Wild rocket and sorrel are perennial and will keep giving for several years. Pak choi and rocket are least likely to run to seed when sown from midsummer onwards, and lettuce germinates best when it is kept cool, so in a heatwave sow in the evening and water well. Full instructions are printed on every packet.
Eight full-sized packets, arriving in our signature eco-friendly packaging – a good first step for anyone new to growing their own, and a thoughtful gift for anyone who loves to cook.
