Salad Tables
Image by Marie Moreau and Gaetan Coulaud
I love the idea of using pots of lettuces and herbs as centerpieces on patio tables, but this wonderful table-potagère from Les Ateliers-Ouverts (via Bloesm) really elevates the whole concept of growing salad in containers. Fashioned out of sustainably harvested wood and a stainless steel trough, the table is wheelchair accessible and deep enough to grow lettuces, herbs, radishes, beets, and even little round carrots like ‘Parmex’. It would be the perfect addition to an outdoor kitchen area or a rooftop deck.
Unfortunately, I could not find a U.S. source for the table, but I did dig up printable plans for a DIY salad table online. Jon Traunfeld, a county extension specialist in Maryland, designed a salad table that is basically a wooden box with a mesh bottom set on legs. Traunfeld’s table is more utilitarian than the table-potagère, but it is easy-to-build and can be made deep enough to grow bush cucumbers, peppers, and small determinate-type tomatoes like ‘Principe Borghese’. He also designed a portable salad box that I wrote about in Organic Gardening a few years ago. The salad box looks adorable when filled with greens and I think it would be a fun hostess gift!
Adorable! What a perfect solution for small spaces!
March 15th, 2010 at 11:36 am.-= gardenmentor´s last blog ..Garden Blogger Bloom Day – March 2010 =-.
I love this idea. And it’s especially great for my back when it’s really sore.
March 15th, 2010 at 6:11 pm.-= Stevie´s last blog ..A Wee Lull In Early Spring: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day =-.
[...] If you do any edible gardening, you must check out digginfood, which you’ll find under “blog buddies” to your right. This beautifully designed sight is run by Willi Galloway, who is the West Coast editor of Organic Gardening magazine, among other things. You may want to consider signing up for the Kitchen Garden Series she’ll be running at the exquisite garden of the Corson Building starting in April. I am the un-handiest person in the world, but the DIY projects on this site make me salivate. Look at this salad table! [...]
March 17th, 2010 at 1:44 pmWhat a classy idea!! I am simply in love with this table right now, and have included a link to this on my website today, along with several other DIY Vegetable Garden ideas.
Thanks so much for sharing!!!
March 26th, 2010 at 12:57 pmWhat a classy idea!! I am simply in love with this table right now, and have included a link to this on my website today, along with several other DIY Vegetable Garden ideas.
Thanks so much for sharing!!!
March 26th, 2010 at 12:58 pm.-= Katie @ Cheep Ideas´s last blog ..DIY Vegetable Gardens =-.
Katie–Thanks so much for including this in the DIY Vegetable Garden roundup!
Willi
March 28th, 2010 at 7:45 am.-= Willi´s last blog ..Love It: Australian Yellow Leaf Lettuce =-.
Very Classy and modern, I really want to do this in my sun room
October 4th, 2010 at 12:19 pmLooks great nothing better than going to your backyard and picking fresh lettuce and herbs.
May 2nd, 2011 at 9:54 pmMy lettuce is coming up but it will be a while yet before I begin the harvest. But soon!
May 11th, 2011 at 8:52 amCan you recommend a wildlife seed (vegetables) catalogue? Thank you! judy
May 24th, 2011 at 11:07 am