farm lifeupdates Chaos Mode & The Stars Of The Show Amy Smith ·November 17, 2023 What fun would it be to take all of this time working our hinies off if I can't show you all what we have in store for you? Just look at that beautiful wall of Romaine just patiently waiting to be eaten! We have roughly 450 Romaine plants in our towers in various stages of growth with another 200 seeds planted. AND Romaine is only 1 of 26 varieties of lettuce that we are currently growing — along with 15 herb varieties with a definite possibility that I snuck in a veggie or 2. The Romaine we are using is organic as well as an heirloom. This is actually the same Romaine we grew in our little office garden! We loved it!! It had never been so easy to get Nick to eat a salad! We ate every last leaf off of those plants and we both thought it was the best Romaine we had ever had the pleasure of eating, plus we grew it ourselves!! As I said, Romaine is only the beginning! We have lettuces, mustards, chards, Bok Choys, herbs, greens that don't grow in the U.S. due to needing very specific growth conditions, some of the most aromatic herbs to tickle your senses — and an all around fun selection! There have been a few varieties we have already started to phase out and there are unexpected favorites that we've started doubling, or tripling up on the planting! If you haven't reached out for samples yet... you are seriously missing out!! But hey, we live and we learn, we try until we succeed, we grow, and we keep making our dream into our reality! Pictured: Merveille Des Quatre Lettuce, Dwarf Curly Kale, Rainbow Chard, Our new Salad mix, Japanese Giant Red Mustard, Purple Ball Basil, and Romaine What can I say — we're big fans of "eating your colors" over here! When we were deciding on what seeds we wanted to start there were only a few things we knew for sure: we wanted our produce packed with nutrients rather than chemicals and pesticides, we wanted as much flavor and aroma as we could get, and we wanted color! We really are just so excited to share the "fruits" of our labors with all of you! We have loved every second of sharing our little leafy dream with you and we are beyond excited to share every moment yet to come! Thank you so much for following along on our journey! We are so excited to grow with you! Until next time friends, #Stayleafy ❤️ Amy A Amy Smith Leafy Dreams Iowa ← Previous When Life is Busy, Messy, and Beautifully Chaotic All Posts Next → A Little Less Doubt and a Little More Grit..
