On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:59:54 GMT, "Faye" <mfcrabtree@worldnet.att.net> wrote: Your own fresh from the garden will have a crispness impossible to attain from storebought. What variety are you growing? Iceberg does not perform well here relative to other varieties. I like the Mesclun mix. It provides a variety of flavours, textures, and colours. It can be grown year 'round with ...

... soup cans and the like, I use them as starter pots for seedlings when we don't have enough storebought planters. Glass jars get saved for use to supplement our canning jars(never seem to have enough!). Even when I boil chicken on the stove(storebought), I put herbs/spices in, and save the chicken broth for reuse as either flavoring for something else, ...