ABC wrote:

We are planning on planting vegetables again this summer now that our dogs
are older and will leave the plot alone. We live in the Niagara, Canada
area - very hot and humid summers (it's a fruit belt region) and very cold
winters.

I am looking for advice on growing different greens - specifically for
salads, like the Spring Mix they sell at the grocery stores. I am only
familiar with the usual run of the mill greens like iceberg, romaine, etc.,
but would love some ideas as to what would make a great "salad greens"
garden.

Thanks very much,
Rachel.


Iceberg lettuce is hard to grow. Don't bother. I haven't tried to grow
romaine. Leaf lettuces, like Black Seeded Simpson and Red Sail are easy to
grow in early spring.

Boc choi (pac choi?) is wonderful mixed with iceburg lettuce. I recently
discovered it at a Oriental market. It's probably even better mix


I have a smaller space since I moved -- so Iam container gardening. I got a
packet of mixed greens ( almost every seed catalog carries these ). This
year, I planted several in a jiffy nine peat pot and then later transplanted
them in an eight inch pot. That was a month ago. I used a potting mix and
earthworm castings for fertilizer. We have been having delicious greens since
last week.

Am doing the same thing with pak-choi and hebs -- since I am particularly
partial to baby greens and herbs.

The advantage is that you have clean vegetables and are assuredly organic.

have fun.

/z.