Have you ever thing to have a salad garden in your home? it is great idea and not very big task even. Even at very small area you can try out this. Only thing you should ensure, you area have cool weather to grow lettuce well. If you are ok with the weather, below is the way to follow to have a organic salad to your meal
01. select the best area in you garden and prepare a 2 to 33 square foot area. you can use your normal garden fork to make soil tun up and break up the clumps. then fill your container and moisten the Soil
02. Then take the seeds in to your palm , close your hands and share out the seeds over the bed. It is better to leave 1/5 inch between the seeds. now sift fin soil or potting mix lightly over the seeds. Now you have to cover them with a layer , may be about a 1/4inch deep. Then put some water to wet the soil thoroughly but do it gently
03. Now you can wait till germination occurs, may be one to two weeks time
04. Now you can see your lettuces are growing and reach to 4-5 inches tall. it will take 35-45 days. you can make use it to you meal. Do not wait the lettuce get to too large. As soon as faster you use to get salad, it will give you the real taste.