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2015_Day 45: Lettuce thinning complete, finally

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The photos on the left shows each container of lettuce before thinning, the right after thinning.

The photos on the left shows each container of lettuce before thinning, the right after thinning.

It was a beautiful Saturday to thin the lettuce, which I have been meaning to do for a couple weeks now. A lot of sun and 75 degrees, it felt glorious to be doing garden work in mid-February. Continue reading →

2015_Day 42: Warm weather helping lettuce

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Lettuce on Feb. 11.

Lettuce on Feb. 11.

The unseasonably warm temperatures we’ve been blessed with this week are helping the lettuce. Woo-hoo! The leaves are finally starting to look more like lettuce, so I’m hopeful. And maybe one night this week, if I can get home before 9 p.m., or this weekend for sure, I’ll thin it out a bit (as suggested by a few folks).

2015_Day 37: Lettuce is trying my patience

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IMG_0937I’m not giving up on my lettuce, but I am starting to wonder if it will ever get big enough to eat. Planted it way back in December. Continue reading →

2015_Day 28: Dear lettuce, please grow faster

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2015/01/img_0858.jpgOh lettuce, stop teasing me. The weather is cooperating, I am giving you water and am pretty sure darn dog Chloe isn’t trying to eat you. Won’t you please grow a bit faster? Continue reading →

2015_Day 24: The lettuce that could

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Eagerly awaiting what the lettuce is going to look like after another week of daytime highs in the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Eagerly awaiting what the lettuce is going to look like after another week of daytime highs in the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Loving how the lettuce has been looking the past few days. I was worried a few cold nights (low 30s) had stifled its growth, but I can happily report that’s not the case. It’s much easier to see on the red lettuce in the center of the containers; the leaves on the Rouge d’Hiver definitely are getting, well, leafier. Continue reading →

2015_Day 11: Lettuce, flowers made it through hard freeze

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2015/01/img_1415-0.jpgI’m happy to report that both the lettuce and my matthiolas made it through the last few nights of really cold weather. I’ve been covering them at night for the last week or so (one night, it got down to 18), and on Friday and Saturday I kept them covered all day, as well. I was able to move the lettuce onto the covered patio, but not before the tarp was coated in ice on Saturday. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem any worse for wear, although it’s certainly not growing. Continue reading →

2015_Day 3: Lettuce not so happy with cold either

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Dec. 21

Dec. 21

Jan. 3

Jan. 3

I know lettuce is a cool-weather crop, but it seems like the numerous 30- and 40-degree days we’ve had recently has slowed the growth of my greens. Photos taken Dec. 21 and Jan. 3 of the Black Seeded Simpson and Rouge d’Hiver don’t really seem to show a whole lot of growth in the two-week span. Today’s low-60s temps should help some, but with a forecast of seesawing temps for the next week or so, I’m not sure how much the lettuce is going to grow. I don’t have any plans to put the lettuce under grow lights, so I guess I’ll just have to wait it out. Continue reading →