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 ...

Lettuce is typically a cool weather crop. It bolts and gets bitter in the heat. But, the folks at Hendrikus Organics have some late season lettuce growing tips, including how to keep it fresh once ...

GREENS SEEDS: Lettuce can be direct seeded into the garden now through the end of February. Good cultivars include Black-seeded Simpson, Oakleaf, Redsails, Cos Romaine and Buttercrunch. VEGGIES NOW: ...

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 ...

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Sure, lettuce is easy. Radishes are fast. But if you’re only going to grow one vegetable, chances are it will be tomatoes. Americans love tomatoes. We ate more than 20 pounds of fresh tomatoes per ...

Q. What causes lettuce to flower, and why does it taste bitter after flowering? When an annual (or biennial) reaches the end of its life, it wants to reproduce. This involves producing flowers and, ...

Q: Is there any way to prevent my lettuce from bolting so quickly? It tends to do this before I’m ready to harvest it. A: With the wide temperature swings we see in the greater St. Louis area in ...

This heirloom variety dates back to 1875 and is beloved for its large, lightly crumpled, lime green leaves. Black Seeded Simpson lettuce forms wide, open heads making it easy to pick individual leaves ...

A view of flying honey bees in a swarm. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Do you have a gardening question? The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County can help. Our volunteers are part of the University ...