Lettuce Varieties

Salad Bowl Lettuce

I’ve been growing Salad Bowl Lettuce for a few years. It is a loose leaf type of lettuce. Best Features:  1) Salad Bow Lettuce is heat tolerant so the leaves stay sweeter not bitter in the heat. 2) The leaves are lobed. 3) There are two color choices red and green.  I purchased a seed […]

Lettuce Varieties

Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce

While this is the first year that I am growing Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce, it is an heirloom which means that this variety has been around a long time.  It is a looseleaf type of lettuce. Best Features:  1) Black Seeded Simpson is cold tolerant. 2) It is quite a looker with bright lime green […]

Tomatillo Varieties

Pineapple Tomatillos

Pineapple Tomatillo fruit and plants do not get as big as their cousins, the purple and green tomatillos.  Pineapple Tomatillo fruit is a whopping 1/2 inch wide and the plant grows to only 18 inches tall and wide.  Since the plant is so lanky,  I would suggest using a smaller tomato cage.  I didn’t this […]