I’ve been a little slow this summer with the blog. But it’s been a great year. We’ve had another record breaking summer of heat which is good for some things but not for others. My favorite-lettuce-is tough when it’s that hot. I’ve written an ebook that teaches you how to successfully do that. 

Now it’s fall and I’m wanting to have lots of salad greens into the deep winter season. The picture says it all. Put some potting mix in a small container. This one is 4X7″. Heavily sow your lettuce (or whatever you’re growing) seeds and cover lightly with soil. Do all the right things-water, providing light, proper temperature, etc. These were started indoors 5 weeks ago. When it’s time to plant outside, start breaking them up into pieces or “plugs” to drop in your squares. While I normally plant 4 lettuce plants per square, this method amplifies that. The end result is a square with a huge amount of lettuce in it. This is a new technique that I’ve started doing the past two season. I’ve planted 98 “plugs” from this one container.

For color, taste, and texture I’ve planted a few lettuce mixes that were just fabulous. All star gourmet, gourmet mix, tried and true heirloom mix,(huge surprise-buying lots more now) and lofty salad mix. I can’t put into words how wonderful they’ve tasted.