With all of the colors, shapes, and flavors of lettuce available, you can have a different salad every day of the week! Lettuce is adaptable to many different growing conditions but likes to stay in a cool 60 to 65 degrees. It will happily grow in the spring and fall, but you should plan to grow them in the shade during the hotter months to slow bolting.
Luckily there are not many pesky pests to deal with for lettuce and the ones they do have are fairly easy to manage organically!Â
This is an update on our lettuce, cabbage, and cilantro planted 7/30/2017. We also plant another round of carrots, beans, peas, and lettuce! Here’s a link to the seeding square we used to plant in the video: Dale SpoonemoreDale Spoonemore is the visionary co-founder of “From Seed to Spoon,” a groundbreaking platform that has revolutionized the way individuals approach gardening. His journey from a novice gardener to a leading advocate for sustainable living and […]
We’ve had an unexpected cool-down in August and it’s been wonderful. We’ve started planting our fall season crops and the kids planted carrots, beets, and lettuce this weekend. We also let Junior play out in the garden for the first time and caught his first time standing on camera!
We’ll be planting more of this as well as other fall crops like cabbage, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, spinach, kale, garlic, peas, and beans over the coming weeks.
We’ve found that we tend to eat a lot more salads now that we grow lettuce. You simply cut however much you want, soak it in ice cold water for 10 minutes (we use an ice chest because we process a large amount at a time) and run it through a salad spinner to dry off. It will store up to a week in the fridge if you put it in a plastic container and […]
Pollination management is a pivotal aspect of gardening, particularly for those who cultivate a variety of crops each with their unique requirements. The insightful video “How Will Pollinators Get To Our Plants?” sheds light on effective strategies for crops that don’t require pollination, and preparations for those that do. Here’s a detailed guide on how to master pollination in your garden across different seasons.
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Jump into a world where salads get seriously exciting! “Greens Galore” is all about mixing it up with a bunch of tasty, texture-rich leaves from your own backyard. Think peppery, buttery, crunchy, and everything in between. This theme’s got everything from arugula to spinach, making your salad bowl the coolest mix on the block. Perfect for any garden size, “Greens Galore” is your ticket to fresh, fun, and fab salads right from the soil. Get ready to pick, mix, and munch on the freshest greens you’ve ever tasted!
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