in the garden

Growing Safe Salad at Home

It’s usually never a good thing when produce makes the news. There’s been a string of produce recalls linked to cercospora contamination in lettuce, berries, and now jalapenos. While there are some pretty clear reasons for the uptick in this contamination, let’s focus on how to grow clean, safe salad greens at home, even in small spaces.

If you look closely at most bagged …