Salad greens include lettuce, arugula, and mesclun mixes that are perfect for a homegrown salad. This section covers the essentials for cultivating your own tender salad leaves.
In my humble opinion, there’s no better garden “hack” than thoughtful companion planting. It’s something that genuinely worked for me and made a bigger, more consistent difference in my garden than anything else I tried over the years. If you’re unsure which plants pair well with lettuce, this article walks through some of the best…
I’ve written about everything from plants, shrubs, and herbs to succulents, but microgreens were a topic I kept putting off, since I didn’t have much experience with them! But, for about a year now, my mom and I have been playing around with microgreens, and in today’s article, I’m going to share with you all…
Typically, you can just tell by looking at your romaine lettuce that it’s ready to harvest. But, if we’re talking about signs and indicators, the most obvious one would be the fairly large size and crisp texture of the lettuce leaves. The head of the lettuce will be firm and compact with vibrant leaves densely…
Like any other plant out there, iceberg lettuce has particular growth stages and follows a complete cycle. Mainly, there are five stages of lettuce growth, with the last one obviously being the harvest. I decided to explain these 5 stages one by one, with some tips, times between each one, and interesting facts that you…
Many people think the conventional way is the only way to grow a leafy green like lettuce. That just couldn’t be farther from the truth. In this article, I’ll be teaching you how I grew lettuce from actual scraps multiple times throughout my gardening journey. By the end of it, you’ll be ready to grow…
Regardless of the type of lettuce you grow, spacing is everything. Planning your yields per person for the season ahead is tricky, as lettuces grow very different from one another, and some are useful both as cut-and-come-again crops as well as fully formed ball lettuces. To try to get to grips with this big wide…