In My Garden: Lettuce!
Above: Freshly picked lettuces from the garden. Look at those colors!
My garden is thriving right now. My mix of gourmet lettuces gives us huge salads every day. There is arugula, spinach, red leaf, romaine, butter lettuce, etc. We even have enough greens to share with our friend's pet rabbits. I grow my lettuce in raised beds outside my greenhouse because lettuce does not like it to be too hot or it bolts very quickly, going to seed, and then you won't get anymore lettuce. Living on the coast in Southern California I can grow lettuce all year round because it doesn't get too hot or too cold.
You don't need much space for lettuce because you can pick the lower large leaves and the plant keeps growing. Even lettuce from your local health food store doesn't compare in taste to home grown. Try to find sees that say the lettuce is heat tolerant of slow bolting (slow to go to seed) for spring through summer planting.
Above: Spinach leaves are as big as Laura's hand!
Above: This is typical of our every-day dinner salad with Laura's home-made salad dressing.
