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 ...

When lettuce is mentioned, many think of the standard iceberg lettuce found in supermarkets and restaurant salads. That is changing with the growth in popularity of the different types of lettuces ...

Lettuce comes in many forms, according to Adrienne R. Roethling, director of curation and mission delivery at Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden, such as head, loose-leaf, and a variety of colors like ...

Starting plants from seed is a lot of fun, and heirloom vegetables are a great choice to grow in both the garden and containers.

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 ...

The only bad thing about growing your own lettuce is that you will never again be content with store-bought. Once you harvest tender, crisp but succulent leaves from your garden and enjoy them in a ...

While British astronaut Tim Peake was on board at the International Space Station in 2015 and 2016, he supported a project involving a pack of "rocket lettuce" (arugula) seeds, snapping multiple ...

Time-lapse video of growing a lettuce plant from a seed to flowers. A lettuce seed was sown in a container indoors. A week ...

Q. What causes lettuce to flower, and why does it taste bitter after flowering? When an annual (or biennial) reaches the end of its life, it wants to reproduce. This involves producing flowers and, ...

The astronauts floated around, expressing delight as they tasted something entirely unexpected in space. “Awesome! Tastes good! I like that! It’s fresh!” they said, between bites of the “Outredgeous” ...