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To: Diana in Wisconsin

If I had a greenhouse I would be growing lettuce in it as long as possible.


165 posted on 04/07/2025 4:35:46 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: MomwithHope

It’s a great jump-start in the spring, and I’ve had lettuce through mid-December in mild years. Spinach is started in there, and lettuces will be following this week.

Not sure why I love lettuce like I do! I mean, I love salads, but I think lettuces are so unique and pretty. On, ‘Diana’s Useful Scale’ it’s right up there with chickens, LOL!

At my other farm, my wood-framed greenhouse was pretty rickety. In fall it got sun all day, since the trees had dropped their leaves. A branch of a Climbing Rose (’New Dawn’) grew up through it, and I had blooms in early winter, one year. Kinda fun. ;)


168 posted on 04/08/2025 6:38:24 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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