watching lettuce grow

Ready for harvest - September 26, 2012

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August 23, 2012

July 22, 2012

I took a series of photos of one of my lettuce beds. It is planted with Endive Dubuisson and Butterhead Green Ermosa. The bed is full now and we are enjoying them in salads. I pick the biggest or most crowded ones first and let the others grow.

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lettuce varieties

I wanted to record photos of the lettuce varieties I am growing this fall. They are a nice mix of colors. All except the Simpson did well with the summer heat. The Simpson bolted and I had to harvest it before the head was full. I think the Skyphos has grown the slowest, maybe because it was under the squash leaves when it was small. I think it may also be the prettiest.

Butterhead Green Ermosa

Butterhead Red Skyphos

Red Summer Crisp Teide and Black Seeded Simpson

Green Summer Crisp Nevada

Can't say any of these are my favorites, like Big Boston or Prizehead or Oaky Red Splash.

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Christmas Day lettuce harvest

I've been looking forward to harvesting lettuce on Christmas Day. In the snow. Not much left in the frame now, but enough for a bowl of greens for the Christmas table. They were very fresh and crisp. I picked spinach, baby beet greens, escarole frisee and curly red lettuce. I also added some baby kale for color.

I think this is my last harvest of the season. Maybe what's left in the cold frame will wait until spring and regrow when it warms up again. I've heard spinach is good at regrowing in the spring. We have heavy snow coming tomorrow night, so I'll replace the tarp covering tomorrow and see how the cold frame survives its first winter.

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