This would make some salad. Anyway, it's probably worth holding out a bit. But at least we're on our way!

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Lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta) has self seeded all over one of my veggie garden plots. It has been growing all winter, and it has been used on many of our sandwiches for lunch. I've left it there, for not many things grow all winter long, so fresh and tasty.
This is the leafy green that Rapunzel's mother was craving in the faerie tales. She was pregnant at the time, and begged her husband to steal it from the witch's garden. I don't blame her, it does have a lovely taste. But her husband was caught and the witch demanded their first born child in exchange for the lamb's lettuce. He agreed. Crazy man! I don't think I would got to that length to acquire this green! Luckily, it grows easily in my garden, so no need to give up my first born.

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Can I grow lettuce indoors? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Here's the bed I prepared for my fall lettuce. I hope to get out there to seed and transplant this evening. I plan to sow the lettuce very dense. Soon there will be lots of space to transplant it to as the summer crops are finishing up.

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-09-20, 06:15:44

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Lettuce Seedling ready to transplant into their beds

Lettuce transplanted today into Bed #6Cover with shade cloth for a few days to protect seedlings from hot summer days.

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Posted by Jeanne Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-08-24, 18:04:47

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Since I started gardening I've noticed that lots of things seem to move in slow motion. All summer I've watched my plants like a hawk noticing every little change in my garden plants but the slow growth makes everything seemmmmmssss likeeeeee itssss movingggg innn slowwwww moooootionnnnn. I know...."a watched pot" blah blah blah.

This past weekend it seemed like it rained for 40 days and 40 nights but it was actually only a couple of days.
As you may remember, there was water actually standing in my homemade cedar planter boxes that I had freshly planted with 3 different kinds of lettuce seeds. . . .

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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-08-24, 18:00:30

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Can I plant lettuce in fall to come up in spring? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Posted by The Old Farmer's Almanac Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-08-04, 00:30:29

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Posted by jeffball@usol.com (Jeff Ball) Reblogged by Old Roses to containers, lettuce, whimsy on 2007-07-27, 00:55:01

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Ahhh - summer dinners. As usual, the main item on our plates is my garden lettuce. This seems to be the summer lettuce slump though. It isn't growing as well as it did in the spring. I've been planting it about every 3 weeks, but right now it isn't growing very well. What is doing good is the escarole (Natasha), which is heading up and is delicious still from an early spring planting. I just planted a similar variety yesterday for a fall/winter crop, but I'll also try to remember to plant an extra row of escarole next spring. Very tasty. . . .

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-07-27, 00:46:04

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I haven't bought lettuce for a month! (since June 2nd) I am regularly harvesting black-seeded simpson (my favorite), escarole, endive, oak-leaf, and baby romaine. Also, I've started pulling baby beet greens this past weekend. I add garden herbs to our salad: usually dill, cilantro or parsley. I will try some borage soon. (I ran out of arugula and am waiting for a recently seeded crop to grow). We are big salad eaters and its great to have fresh tender greens available daily.

Lactuca sativa

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-07-03, 18:44:19

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Jericho Lettuce In My Garden On May 8th

I don't think about salad the same way normal people do. I've even started eating it for breakfast. There's more about this obsession on my main blog, FarmgirlFare.com. Click here if you'd like to read On Loving Lettuce. . . .

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Posted by farmgirl Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-07-02, 18:30:10

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Dudes, my lettuce is rockin' this year due, obviously, to a healty dose of high nitro bat guano placed at the bottom the the planting hole. Big leaves=bat pee. Please post your experiences with site specific, planting hole, fertilizer applications. Also, fert apps for different crops! i.e. Who's got a good fert program for basil?

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Posted by Dubcepticon Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-06-12, 07:03:58

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VEGETABLES AND SMALL FRUITS IN THE TROPICS: "Queensland. Pat and Connie Lahr gave us a packet of seed for this lettuce after a visit to Australia. Pat believes it is grown primarily by an association of organic market gardeners. As far as he knows seed is not sold commercially. It is a big leaf lettuce that appears to be exceptionally resistant to bolting. Leaves are large, somewhat resembling a cos-type lettuce, with an attractive yellowish hue. In Australia they say it produces 8 weeks in summer, up to 14 weeks in winter and that it is best to use lower leaves. . . .

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-06-09, 20:51:55

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Posted by Graham Rice Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-06-06, 06:04:59

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I found a few bare spots of dirt by my patio and so I decided to plant lettuce there. Why not?! Its an interesting and edible ground cover.

We have several in ground planters alongside our patio/driveway where a couple of large deep-rooted plants are growing (climbing rose, honeysuckle and an espaliered pear tree). I added potting soil to the top few inches and planted hot weather varieties of lettuce: a mix called heatwave blend that contains black seeded simpson, oak leaf and other types of lettuce. . . .

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-06-04, 18:51:47

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Lettuce is probably my favorite garden crop. Today I harvested a BIG bowlful. It should be enough for salads for us for 2 days. Hopefully I can stop buying lettuce for the rest of the season now. I have some hot weather lettuce as well as escarole, endive and arugula. Today I harvested black seeded simpson, arugula and some mixed oak leaf and red lettuces. The black seeded simpson is a great variety. It grows very fast, is a nice light green color and tastes tender and delicious. Yum! It was sooo good (with our garden pesto from last year and grilled salmon) that I skipped the salad dressing.

Lactuca sativa

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, lettuce on 2007-06-04, 00:36:52

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The first daylily bloom appeared this morning. It is no doubt a 'Stella D'Oro', which should bloom all summer long to the point that I'll likely not notice them along the edge of my patio after awhile. They will be a background to the rest of the garden. . . .

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce, lilies on 2007-05-21, 01:38:57

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From ECHO:
Lettuce, Queensland [1441] This product was added to our catalog on Monday 19 January, 2004.

Lactuca sativa. This leaf lettuce is an ECHO favorite. From Australia, it grows extremely well under hot, humid conditions and is slow to bolt. Leaves are numerous and tasty with a yellowish hue. Highly recommended.

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-05-13, 16:51:34

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From Seed To Salad Bowl In Less than A Month


Arugula Is So Easy To Grow I Didn't Even Plant This

Really. This is what you get when you grow some arugula in the greenhouse, let it flower and go to seed, and then, months later, finally pull up the dried out stalks and plunk them down on an unused patch of bed on the other side of the greenhouse. Ignore them all winter, then toss the stalks into the compost bin because all of the seeds have dropped out of them. Realize where the seeds have landed, and wonder if a little water might just sprout something. Lo and behold--an arugula jungle! A little more about arugula below. But first, here are some photos to show you just how quickly you can grow yourself some salad. The photo above was taken on April 27th. . . .

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Posted by farmgirl Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-05-10, 17:21:45

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Lettuce! From the garden! And yes, quite delicious, it is. I had some on my sandwich at lunch today, and that made my 'brown bag' lunch seem like the finest gourmet cuisine.

And to think that I almost didn't pick this lettuce yesterday evening because I didn't want the month of April to get credit for it. Earlier this month, I documented my thoughts on this April, also now known as "Hate-pril" because it turned so cruel on us.

But somehow the lettuce, a cool season crop, made it through April. . . .

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-05-02, 00:38:39

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This year I am growing many heirloom varieties of lettuce, including; Red Iceberg, New York Head, Bronze Arrow, Emerald Oak, Red Ridinghood, Barcarole, Butterking and Carmon Red.

Starting Lettuce from seed is done in 3 steps:

Step #1 - sow seeds directly into small flat. I use recycled food take out containers. . . .

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Posted by Jeanne Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-04-30, 16:54:11

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My first seeds to sprout are the lettuce. Both black seeded simpson and a lettuce mix have lots of little sprouts - all in a row.

Lactuca sativa

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce, seedlings on 2007-04-24, 23:57:30

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What other vegetable do you always eat fresh and uncooked? There’s a whole world of salad greens out there and they are very easy to grow and even easier to...

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Young Flashy Trout's Back lettuce (I'll add its aka name later). I loved it last year (though it was difficult to photograph then too.) Colorful and great tasting also. This is some started from seed and transplanted to the garden about 2 weeks ago. . . .

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Posted by earlysnowdrop Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-02-22, 16:34:22

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The very warm, sunny days are encouraging a lush growth of lettuce in my garden. The lettuce is also threatening to bolt! Yikes. Don't do it.

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Posted by earlysnowdrop Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-01-27, 16:26:12

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It doesn't look too good for my lettuce. This may be the end of lettuce season in Boston - after 2 or 3 days with temperatures in the teens.

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce, weather on 2007-01-19, 23:52:21

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I started the seeds for this Winter Density (from Pinetree) at the very end of November, so six weeks from sowing. You can see Red Sails next to it. Red Sails grows prolifically, and is a first-rate cut lettuce. But it gets banged up like nothing else in a heavy rainstorm; I've had to pinch it back severely to deal with damaged leaves. The Winter Density, on the other hand, is much sturdier.

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-01-16, 16:55:10

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My lettuce is hanging in there. Its an icy cold day and the grown is frozen. If I had planted more, this would still be a nice winter crop. Next year....

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-01-11, 16:46:56

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I planted a six-pack of both romaine and red lettuce in November. Thanks to our sunny, warm weather, these plants have grown to beautiful lettuce to pick for dinner salads.
One reason I have had such luck this year with my winter crops is the loss of two cypress trees on my neighbor's property. Both trees developed problems this past year and were removed from the southern hillside below my garden. Now I am getting sun in the garden which normally would be shaded by the trees. Sorry trees but happy sunny garden!

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Posted by California Gardener in Zone 23 Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2007-01-04, 17:00:41

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I was surprised to find my little lettuce patch still growing. I don't go out to the garden very often these . . .

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2006-12-18, 17:39:37

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Some gardeners find lettuce boring. They claim all lettuce tastes the same. But one thing most gardeners can agree on is that freshly picked lettuce has a juicy...

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This is what the little winter bed looked like after Thursday morning, when I woke up a little earlier before work, and leaped out of bed and into the backyard to plant a stripe or 2 of Iceberg lettuce seedling, whose seeds I smuggled from Switzerland. At least I think that's what it is! I've never grown Iceberg of all things, so this should be interesting.

Tomorrow , if all goes according to plan, I'll be on to some radicchio and frisée!

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Posted by Loretta Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2006-11-03, 16:45:35

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Tuesday I raced home at noon to plant a row of Mascara, this sexy red oakleaf lechuga and the Batavian crisphead. I have to say, I was pretty proud that my plan was working so far. I also planted a little row of beets in between the lettuces that I know are way too close together, but f it, I 'll harvest those little suckers young.

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This week I had my Master Plan- every day I would have lunch at home and sneak in a row of lettuce planting, and by the weekend I'd have part of my big Winter Garden Plan underway before I leave for a month.

So Monday was the 2 rows of Forellenschluss lettuce. It's an Austrian heirloom romaine lettuce, beautiful green leaves freckled with little burgundy spots. Gorgene and tasty, too.

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Realization Of The Day:
At this time of year, even the little weeds look pretty. This is one of the varieties of lettuce I direct seeded into a mini greenhouse raised bed back on August 30th .

Realization #2:
I just figured out what variety it is. . .

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Posted by farmgirl Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2006-10-26, 16:47:14

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My lettuce is looking good. I have little patches of it here and there in the garden. We had some rain yesterday and the droplets looked pretty on the leaves. I have been planting lettuce . . .

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Think Thin

Realization Of The Day:
This is one of those rare occasions when my garden gives me lettuce and tomatoes at the same time.

A cold snap (and probably a killing frost) are expected Thursday night, so I am savoring every luscious bite. . . .

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Posted by farmgirl Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce, tomatoes on 2006-10-11, 16:39:37

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Can be watched on either a dial-up or high speed connection.

Watch this step-by-step video on how to grow your own lettuce in a container! Now you can eat leafy greens with confidence.

Grow Your Own Lettuce Video Link:

Grow Lettuce Video

Text Link: www.weekendgardener.net/video-tips/videotiplettuce.htm

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Posted by Hilary Reblogged by Old Roses to lettuce on 2006-10-11, 00:21:56

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So, class, as we all learned in June and July, plants from the nightshade family, including tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, do not grow under a black walnut tree.

However, as summer has morphed into Fall, I’ve noticed there is, in fact, another hazard of the tree beyond the juglone it gives off into the soil around it.

Apparently, the black walnut pods, as they launch themselves from the tree, are not good for lettuce, either. . .

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