Comments on: Lettuce, More Than Just 80% Water

By: Irene

Irene — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:00:47 +0000

oh thank you it is. I wish I knew a way to post picture. Yes I do live in a warmer climate. I live in San Antonio, Texas and it is always hot! I acutally have to grow most of my veggies almost under my pecan tree. I live in a cul-de-sac so our backyards are oddly shaped and huge so in the far off corner i fenced it off from my pups and dug up a garden. San Antonio doesn’t have a community garden that I know of that is “for the city” but on our street we pass fruit and veggies back and forth. It’s like our own little club or something. It’s cute, because a little old man who lives next door told me today he bought a riding lawn mower so he can cut all of our yards. Sweet sweet people. Thank God for great neighbors with yummy treats!

By: Wicked Gardener

Wicked Gardener — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:58:21 +0000

Gluey substance? From lettuce? Yuck. Good thing that color combo is delicious!

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:42:18 +0000

I planted cut and come back lettuce and I just manage to eat the first round. Which is good because I feel like I am finnally getting my greens. I also have a lot of Kale and spinach which are tasty and can be unique looking plants. Irene your community gardens sound really incredible and inspiring. Our block could benefit from something like that.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:42:15 +0000

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:11:12 +0000

wow Irene, that sounds awesome! Gardening, or maybe more specifically: food, can really bring people together! I can’t wait for my beans and peas and cucumbers and tomatoes. You must be in a warmer zone.

By: Irene

Irene — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:46:07 +0000

I planted just one lettuce last october and it just kept producing up until about a month or so ago. So i tried to plant some lettuce in the ground of my veggie garden I got lots of sprouts the first two days, but after that they just “dissapeared” they are almost in compplete direct sunlight so from what you mention about i guess that is why I lost them, but i replaced them with green beans and by golly they are growing plentiful! we have corn that should be ready at the end of the month plenty of cucummbers we are going to pickle and jar tomorrow, and diff. tomato varieties that are feeding the whole neighborhood. my garden and my neighbors garden was sort of a competition, but ended up both being awesome so now we share back and forth our crops and share with the whole neighborhood. even though they are in our backyards we tell the neighbors the are our “community garden” and randomly at different hours of the day you will find a neighbor creeping out back to pick some fresh cucumbers, mustard greens, green beans, and okra. i love it. brings much community to a sort of hard run down part of town. we hadn’t talked so much to our neighbors since the gradens. we are even planning a “block party” where everyone is goign to bring something and include something from the gardens. A TRUE GARDEN PARTY!

By: Mary Beth

Mary Beth — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:43:08 +0000

This is very timely considering I just cut my first head of lettuce last night and was wondering what I should do with the remaining stub. Thanks so much for such thorough information.

By: Emelia

Emelia — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:20:49 +0000

I’m growing lettuce in containers as well this season (Buttercrunch and Bibb). Neither are of the curly leaf variety. On the seed packets they both showed heads of lettuce. I’m just getting loose leaves… Is there some trick to getting them to grow in heads? I do agree that they look very nice in their planters, though.