Leaf lettuce is easy to grow in early spring gardens. Producing nice heads of rather bland iceberg lettuce is difficult in Texas, but the many types and colors of leaf lettuce are fairly easy to grow, ...

Time-lapse video of growing a lettuce plant from a seed to flowers. A lettuce seed was sown in a container indoors. A week later, a seedling came up and quickly developed its first leaves. The plant ...

It's so tempting to buy starts—I get it. It feels great to look out over the garden, and finally see something in the beds, bringing color back to the landscape. But before you buy, you should ...

Warmer weather is here, but it’s not summer garden season yet. We still need to get through some chilly nights, so while you’re patiently waiting to stick warm-weather plants in the garden, you can ...

Here in southeastern Michigan, we have just about enough time for a fall crop of leaf lettuce. About four weeks from the average first frost of autumn is a good approximation of the last chance to ...