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 ...

We have been planting lettuce at various times through the Fall and now is a great time to check in and see if there is any to harvest. A good strategy with lettuce (and carrots) is to plant some ...

Heads of fresh lettuce grow in rows in a backyard garden. - Shine Like Stars/Shutterstock Did you know lettuce can give you multiple harvests? It all comes down to how you cut it. Lettuce — such as ...

There is nothing more satisfying for a vegetable gardener in mid-July than tossing together a salad for dinner with ingredients harvested just outside your back door. While cucumber, squashes, and the ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! I hope everyone has survived the sweltering heat of this week in late June. I noticed lots of hay being baled this week and backyard gardeners catching up ...

Louisville Elementary’s second graders proved to be skillful gardeners this week, carefully tearing off three beds worth of lettuce leaves, removing any “yuckies” and digging out what was left of the ...

For a mid-afternoon snack, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough cut some of the “Outredgeous” Red Romaine lettuce leaves he nurtured during the past month aboard the International Space Station as part of 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 ...

When the milder weather of April arrives in Greater Columbus, vegetable gardeners get the itch to start planting something just as soon as weather and soil conditions allow. Cool-season vegetables ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), regulatory officials in several states, Canada, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga ...

Lettuce grows well with most veggies, but there are a few exceptions Lettuce is an easy-to-grow, cool season crop that’s typically planted in spring for an early summer harvest, or in mid-summer for ...