The Best Way to Avoid Diarrhea Lettuce? This Indoor Garden

避免“腹泻生菜”的最佳方法？试试这个室内花园

Experts say this summer’s main threat of lettuce-borne cyclospora may finally be waning, with investigators having identified the likely culprit as iceberg lettuce sold through Taylor Farms de Mexico. But the fact remains that commercially produced lettuce isn’t always safe. 专家表示，今年夏天由生菜引发的圆孢子虫病（cyclospora）威胁可能终于在减弱，调查人员已确定罪魁祸首很可能是通过墨西哥 Taylor Farms 出售的冰山生菜。但事实依然是，商业化生产的生菜并不总是安全的。

The Food and Drug Administration continues to flag cluster outbreaks of cyclosporiasis and salmonellosis, with a recent cyclosporiasis outbreak possibly tied to parsley and cilantro. If you’re not growing your own food, you can never truly know what’s in it or on it. 美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）持续发出圆孢子虫病和沙门氏菌病的聚集性爆发警告，最近的一次圆孢子虫病爆发可能与欧芹和香菜有关。如果你不自己种植食物，你永远无法真正了解它里面含有或表面附着了什么。

For almost two years, I have been growing my own organic salad greens and herbs—and even vegetables like beans and zucchini—right in my living room in a Lettuce Grow Farmstand, producing enough food for my family of three to avoid purchasing nearly all our vegetables from the grocery store. Here’s what my garden looks like right now: 近两年来，我一直在客厅里使用 Lettuce Grow Farmstand 种植有机沙拉菜、香草，甚至是豆类和西葫芦等蔬菜。这些产量足以满足我一家三口的日常需求，让我们几乎不需要从杂货店购买蔬菜。以下是我现在的花园样貌：

A full-size setup like Lettuce Grow’s is an investment, but one that’s likely to pay for itself over time; the water pump and LEDs don’t use a noticeable amount of power, and all Farmstands come with their own first round of seedlings and enough nutrients to last a couple of grows. 像 Lettuce Grow 这样全尺寸的种植装置是一项投资，但随着时间的推移，它很可能会回本；水泵和 LED 灯的耗电量微乎其微，而且所有 Farmstand 装置都附带了第一批幼苗和足够维持几次种植的营养液。

I have few complaints about the Farmstand other than that it’s rarely on sale. (Shown is the Medium Indoor, which has space for 24 plants.) 除了很少打折之外，我对 Farmstand 几乎没什么可抱怨的。（图中展示的是中型室内款，可容纳 24 株植物。）

For a more in-depth look at the growing process and maintenance required with the Farmstand, see my full review. Note that I do mention pest problems, but Lettuce Grow now recommends quarantining and treating seedlings as soon as they arrive, which did solve the problem with my current batch of Lettuce Grow–provided seedlings. 如需深入了解 Farmstand 的种植过程和维护要求，请参阅我的完整评测。请注意，我确实提到过虫害问题，但 Lettuce Grow 现在建议在幼苗送达后立即进行隔离和处理，这确实解决了我在使用 Lettuce Grow 提供的最新一批幼苗时遇到的问题。