Upon receiving the<\/span> Lettuce Grow Indoor Farmstand in the mail, I did not expect that I\u2019d be enjoying some tea before I\u2019d even unwrapped all the parts.<\/p>\n \u201cIs that \u2026 Zooey Deschanel? With a Dollar Tree Property Brother?\u201d my husband asked, peering over my shoulder as I unpacked various tubes and parts. And indeed, among the boxes was a glossy handout of a slightly younger-looking Zooey, standing with a man who did vaguely resemble her current husband, Jonathan Scott, of Property Brothers<\/em> fame. Turns out it was her ex-husband, film producer Jacob Pechenik, with whom she had created this indoor hydroponic gardening system in 2019.<\/p>\n Even though they split shortly thereafter, they continued to run Lettuce Grow together after their 2020 divorce<\/a>, and an Instagram photo from July 1 even shows Deschanel flanked by Pechenik on one side and Scott on the other, debuting a Lettuce Grow collab with Costco<\/a>. Apparently Pechenik runs day-to-day operations and Deschanel continues to promote the company through social media, according to a 2023 People<\/em> interview with the former couple<\/a>. If Scott has thoughts on this whole setup, he hasn’t shared them publicly. (Deschanel and Pechenik have two children together.)<\/p>\n Anyway, perhaps as befitting a celebrity endorsement, the Lettuce Grow is quite dramatic-looking for an indoor hydroponic garden, evoking a giant, space-age version of the terra cotta strawberry planter<\/a> you probably remember from your grandma\u2019s house. Even better, it delivers on its promises of growing many plants and vegetables indoors\u2014even peppers and tomatoes\u2014within a small footprint. There are, of course, a few caveats.<\/p>\nBringing Outdoors Indoors<\/h2>\n
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