Romaine is a cold-hardy crop that can be harvested about 65 to 70 days after planting—the leaves will be dark green and 6 inches high. Different harvesting techniques can extend the life of romaine ...

Indoor lettuce growing is quickly becoming a favorite for home gardeners who want crisp, pesticide-free greens without ...

Leaf lettuce is a fast-growing vegetable ideal for year-round container gardening. Seeds sprout quickly, usually within a couple days, making this leafy green a fun veggie to grow with kids. Leaf ...

As food prices continue to rise faster than the general rate of inflation, growing your own looks more and more appealing. Often food prices take a quick jump due to things that are beyond the control ...

Growing your own food is a lot of work. It requires hours of back-bending digging, sawing, and harvesting. Yet, it's so rewarding, and it keeps us coming back for more. However, those tricks that are ...

Engineers from the University of Cambridge have developed a vegetable-picking robot that can autonomously identify and harvest iceberg lettuce, one of the more manually demanding crops for human ...

Lettuce is a quick, nutritious fix for the winter-weary gardener hungry for a bit of green. Sow or transplant this easy, leafy cool-season vegetable February to April for a succession of healthy salad ...

When I moved to central Virginia 25 years ago, my gardening neighbors believed that lettuce couldn’t be grown in winter. I set out to prove that we could indeed produce a continuous supply of salad ...