Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Scarcity of lettuce sparks plans for winter food plot

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Putting the lettuce scarcity together with the high cost ($8 for a butterhead from one farmers’ market vendor) leads to an obvious conclusion: Find the time, and the space, to grow lettuces and other greens year-round

One of the health food stores in my town can usually be counted on to have high quality lettuces, and though the selection has been spotty in recent months because of drought and pest issues in California, between this store and the farmers’ market I’ve been able to supplement the garden’s offerings amply enough to satisfy my appetite for the health-promoting leafy greens that I love.

Cold season plantings like this are most conveniently seeded in spaces that are easily covered over with plastic tunnelling or old floating row fabrics in frosty weather. For this reason, I make my winter lettuce plots 120 cm wide. For cold season lettuces, here are some recommended varieties: Winter Density, Cimmaron, Rouge d’hiver, Alkindus , Tom Thumb and the Little Gem types — miniature romaine lettuces, the best of which I’ve grown so far is Cegolaine, from Johnny’s Selected Seeds — source also for the hardy Salanova butter and oakleaf lettuces.

 

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