The best way to enjoy an abundance of fresh food during the growing season is by practicing the "cut-and-come-again" harvesting method—and, of course, planting vegetable varieties that are best suited ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are planting their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce. Early this morning, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough initiated the Veg-03 experiment, one ...

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 ...

Vegetable gardening is not just about raising produce for the table, though that is important. It is also about digging in the earth and coaxing seeds and transplants to produce healthy veggies. It is ...

Artificial methods of growing lettuce produce twice the amount of the crop as traditional field-based methods, according to a new study. The meta-analysis also found that it was quicker to grow ...

EARLY JUNE USUALLY signals the beginning of the summer garden harvest season. You might already be flush with salad greens and snap peas, with many more crops just around the corner. This presents a ...

With the latter portion of August (somehow) upon us, many may soon be turning to their vegetable gardens, eager to sow fall salad greens and root vegetables. With soils still warm but the weather ...

It feels like we wait all year for fresh lettuce, and the window seems to close quickly. How can we maximize lettuce season? While lettuce is easy to grow, factors like temperature impact how well it ...