Lettuce and a Summer Recipe

Here is a clever idea with lettuce growing in containers attached to exterior house siding:

These are my little pots with leaf lettuce now ready for the picking.  Each clay container will make maybe two large salads at two week intervals.


Along with fresh fruit, this salad will be delish on newly harvested lettuce leaves:
Here is the website for Strawberry and Mozzarella Salad with basil.  Our basil won't be ready for a while, however.  The leaves are still very young: