The Eternal Salad Bowl

Fresh greens every two weeks, from a windowsill

The usual way goes like this: plant a whole packet, eat one big salad, and watch the pot bolt. The Eternal Salad Bowl swaps that for a 14-day rotation. You plant a little every two weeks, so when Pot A is ready to snip, Pot B is nearly there and Pot C is just sprouting.

Start with the light you have

• A: Grow light. No direct sun, or a clip-on LED. Microgreens, spinach, baby kale, lettuce mix.
• B: Medium light. East- or west-facing windows, 3 to 6 hours. Lettuce, radishes, pea shoots, Swiss chard.
• C: High light. A sun-facing window with 6+ hours. Cherry tomatoes, basil and greens.

Each profile gets its own planting calendar: what to sow, in which pot, and when to harvest.

Inside the guide

• The light audit and three 14-day rotation calendars
• A seeds-per-pot table, so you know how thickly to sow each crop
• Grow-light setup: how many hours, how far above the leaves, and a timer
• When and how to feed each crop group
• A printable rotation tracker that keeps count of every pot
• 10 recipes that use the whole plant, including radish green pesto, garlicky chard stems, a crispy pea shoot egg sandwich and quick-pickled radishes
• A variety cheat sheet: 2 to 3 named varieties for most crops, all from mainstream seed suppliers
• A container guide with the minimum pot depth for each crop, plus takeout tubs, yogurt pots and storage bins that work
• Drainage that won't wreck a rental floor
• A troubleshooting table for bolting, yellow leaves, leggy seedlings, mold on soil and slow germination

Why a guide instead of free tips?

It's one plan, not fourteen browser tabs: which crop, which pot and which week, for the light your home gets.

Instant PDF download. Print it or keep it on your phone.

30-day refund. If the guide isn't useful to you, contact us within 30 days of buying at homesteadingguide.com/contact and we'll refund you in full. No questions asked.

Homesteading Guide is Dean's. He grew up on a New Zealand farm, drove trucks for a living, and started growing his own food from scratch with a few pots, a jar of kombucha and a homemade loaf.