This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy was my first dog and he thought the garden was his, even though I did all the work. Now Suzie and Charley follow in his footsteps. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6A). I have a community plot, a backyard vegetable garden, fruit trees, berry bushes, chickens, and bees. I use sustainable organic methods and do my best to grow all of my family's vegetables myself.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
prime lettuce season
I am SO excited to have big heads of Boston lettuce forming. I haven't grown this variety before and it is just beautiful! I may have a new favorite lettuce variety. My old favorite, Prizehead, is doing good too.
It seems that the slugs prefer Prizehead to Boston.
WARNING: The photo below may be offensive to some gardeners. Don't scroll down if you are bothered by the sight of slugs.
Boston is my very favorite lettuce - and I do not like sharing it with slugs.
ReplyDeleteLooks just beautiful (the lettuce, not the slug).
I ma so jealous of your Boston lettuce!! I planted some but it never formed heads, it just started to grow up and act like a leaf lettuce. Do you have any tips? For now my solution s to hit up the Copley farmer's market tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteBoston's my favorite lettuce too. We aren't growing any this year, but maybe next year.
ReplyDeleteYour lettuce looks so gorgeous!!! How long did it take for it to grow this big? My lettuce are growing so slow :(
ReplyDeletethat was what i wanted - Boston lettuce - and what I thought i was getting when I planted green leaf lettuce. :( :( oh well, next year.
ReplyDeleteI grew some mini-version of Boston lettuce for the first time this year, and have to say it's a VERY nice change from all the leaf lettuce... Yours are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good. It's so hot here that everything is burning up and withering. Even watering doesn't help.
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