Vegetables

Follow-Up Friday – Lettuce, Spinach and Radishes

  Wow this crazy weather in Pittsburgh has been great for my lettuce, spinach and radishes!  Do a search in this blog for the articles on these three vegetables so you can see what varieties I am growing.   As for the Spinach, I’ve only planted the Monstrueux de Viroflay and the Baby’s Leaf Hybrid.  I will […]

Vegetables

Update on Bibb Lettuce

Look at this perfect Bibb Lettuce (a type of butterhead lettuce).  I started it in early fall from seed and kept in under cover (in plastic) over the winter.  On May 10th, I sliced the head from the bottom and left a base so I can grow more lettuce. For more information on how to […]

Vegetables

More About Mesclun Lettuce

While we discussed  one of the lettuce variety packs yesterday, we did not talk about its fancy French name – Mesclun which means a mix of assorted young salad leaves. I am trying Gourmet Baby Greens from Botanical Interests this year which includes the following six seeds: 1) Buttercrunch – This plant is a butterhead […]