Salad Day Revival

Several years ago my wife’s childhood Radio Flyer wagon had been outgrown by our kids, but it still possessed sentimental value. Confronted with what to do with it, I had an idea: why not convert it into a portable salad bar? After drilling a few drainage holes, laying in a small sheet of landscape fabric, and filling the wagon with potting soil, the plan was in motion! A few weeks after sowing a salad mix, we had spring greens ready for harvest/thinning. As the weather warmed and a couple more weeks went by, we had this amazing crop of mature greens:

There was something about the salad wagon’s playful embrace of practicality and whimsy that charmed visitors and made that most basic dish, the salad, a lasting memory.