October gardening tips: Winter salads

Rooftop gardening
October 21, 2009


I tried many times to grow lettuce from seed: Icy, American Brown, Canasta... I seeded them in spring, but the all the young plants died during summer.

Roman lettuceI sow them in autumn, hoping to harvest them before winter, but I also bought some young plants of roman lettuce.
They look perfect!
I transplanted them in my garden and in some pots, and they are bravely facing the bad weather.



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