Lettuce is an excellent crop for beginner gardeners, but it’s also great for beginner seed savers! Lettuce is an annual crop that it completes its entire life cycle and produces seed in one season. Lettuce is also self-pollinating, doesn’t require huge isolation distances, and just a few plants in a small garden can produce viable … Continue reading 8 Steps to Save Lettuce Seed→
Lettuce is excellent for beginner gardens, seed savers, and succession planting. Even if you didn’t have a great spring lettuce crop, you can sow another for fall. If you’ve been browsing lettuce on the catalog or website, you may have noticed that there are an almost overwhelming number of varieties divided into a few different … Continue reading Choose the Right Lettuce Type for Your Garden→
Heirloom vegetables are favorite crops for many gardeners and farmers. We value them for their flavor, stories, diversity, and beauty. While some heirlooms can be tricky, many heirloom vegetables are as easy to grow as their hybrid counterparts. Many gardeners get started with hybrids because that’s what’s often available at local hardware stores and garden … Continue reading Top 10 Tips for Growing Heirloom Vegetables→