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Old January 25, 2017   #48
oakley
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Originally Posted by LDx4 View Post
I have some customers that have chickens, so I give the already harvested trays to them at the market (I just roll up the root pad/soil like a jelly roll and put in a bag and keep the tray). The chickens love them! I also give the spent trays away for customers to use as compost. Everyone likes free compost. Plus, a bonus is all the mustards and brassicas that sprout up in the yard as volunteers.

Since I'm growing about 75 trays a week now, I've got more compost than I could ever need!

Lyn
Fantastic. 75 trays is impressive. I find once the numbers are figured into cost, even for the home use, it is very reasonable since i no longer, or rarely, buy salad. I did recently buy red leaf and boston for hand rolls but the filling was all my home grown micros.

Big handfuls of fresh cut greens on every meal. priceless.
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