Seven Habits of Healthy Organic People

#1:  Plant the Lettuce next to the Lawn Chair --

This habit has the obvious benefit of tempting the lawn chair occupant with fresh healthy green things while relaxing in the sunshine.  But, it also reduces the likelihood that said occupant will gravitate back toward the kitchen in search of the next most convenient snack:  whichever bag of potato chips stashed in the cupboard happens to be open.

These greens, in particular, are a mix of this, that, and the other spicy leaflike edibles:   arugula, radicchio, dandelions, and their cousins.  In more sophisticated circles, the young greens clan has another name:  Mesclun.   While sounding exotic, mesclun simply derives from the French word for mixture.

In properly warm weather, these mesclun rascals germinate so fast one can record the whole process on a cell phone camera.  After germinating, they mature equally fast so that the nondescript pile of dirt this planter was only a couple of weeks ago has now become an overflowing snack bowl.

And, believe it or not, these delicate greens go quite well with a beer.  Newcastle Ale was today's choice, but really any beer will do.

Try it.   You'll like it!