Summer is waning. But if you think our salad season is over, think again. The humble lettuce is more adaptable than you might imagine, combining ease of growth, varieties for every season, and a wide ...

There is nothing more satisfying for a vegetable gardener in mid-July than tossing together a salad for dinner with ingredients harvested just outside your back door. While cucumber, squashes, and the ...

When I moved to central Virginia 25 years ago, it was accepted as fact that we couldn’t grow lettuce in the summer. And we didn’t yet have a hoophouse yet, so we didn’t have lettuce in winter either.

Q: I would like to grow lettuce. When the best time to plant and are there better varieties for this area? A: Lettuce can easily be grown during the fall and spring here in the Redding area as long as ...

When the milder weather of April arrives in Greater Columbus, vegetable gardeners get the itch to start planting something just as soon as weather and soil conditions allow. Cool-season vegetables ...

LETTUCE is a staple of the salad bowl, it is easy to grow and versatile to use. Here are some top tips on how and when to plant out lettuce. Lettuce is a good option for beginners, it’s easy to grow ...

For salad lovers, there is nothing nicer than a crisp, fresh salad even in winter and lettuce is the ideal salad base, to which you can add herb leaves, edible flowers and other salad veggies of your ...

Here in southeastern Michigan, we have just about enough time for a fall crop of leaf lettuce. About four weeks from the average first frost of autumn is a good approximation of the last chance to ...

An integral ingredient in any salad, lettuce comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. Lettuce is easy to grow in most gardens and it can also be significantly cheaper than buying lettuce in the ...

British author Beatrix Potter once commented, "It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific.'" I don't recall if Peter Rabbit took a nap after gorging himself in Mr. McGregor's ...