Grow Your Own Salad
Special | 44m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
Grow vegetables for a garden salad with the help of Master Gardener Susan Mahr.
What could be more satisfying than eating a home grown salad? Lettuce is an easy crop to grow, but there are many vegetables to include in a salad garden. Susan Mahr, statewide coordinator of the Master Gardener Program at UWEX-Madison, introduces these different plants and explains how to grow them at home.
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Grow Your Own Salad
Special | 44m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
What could be more satisfying than eating a home grown salad? Lettuce is an easy crop to grow, but there are many vegetables to include in a salad garden. Susan Mahr, statewide coordinator of the Master Gardener Program at UWEX-Madison, introduces these different plants and explains how to grow them at home.
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