Fire Mountain Permaculture

We let many of our herbs and vegetables go to seed. We do this for three reasons: The flowers attract beneficial bugs into the garden, which keep the aphids (etc) in check. We practice ‘seed saving’, which allows us to keep sowing our favourite vegetables without having to buy new seeds. Down the track, the…

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Our weeds are lettuces

A rogue lettuce, growing in our driveway
A rogue lettuce, growing in our driveway

We let many of our herbs and vegetables go to seed. We do this for three reasons:

  • The flowers attract beneficial bugs into the garden, which keep the aphids (etc) in check.
  • We practice ‘seed saving’, which allows us to keep sowing our favourite vegetables without having to buy new seeds.
  • Down the track, the seeds end up germinating throughout our garden, giving us extra crops of our commonly-eaten plants.

Our lettuces are a perfect example. The photo above shows a lettuce that self-seeded in the middle of our driveway — a very useful weed! Lettuces have also sprung up amongst our beetroots, and in our other garden beds.

Fresh food with no effort? That’s what I call productive gardening 🙂

2 responses to “Our weeds are lettuces”

  1. solarbeez Avatar
    solarbeez

    I agree…very important to save your own seeds. You don’t have to buy them and you know they won’t be coated with something bad. We’ve grown a lot of kale. Now whenever we use compost, the seeds sprout all over the place. Kale is one of those super foods that’s good for you, so I don’t have the heart to pull it out, but we do use them for ‘cut greens’ in salads.

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