Charlie wrote in :

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Hey Rae, (kinda like the rhyme thing)

Jan is right. This year i noticed in the Seeds of Change catalog they
are showing light requirements for different veggies and lettuce
showed partial sun.

I experimented and planted some letuces in full sun and some in an
area that receives only about four hours of direct sun during midday
and darned if the mostly shaded lettuce wasn't better tasting, and
like she said, hasn't bolted. Like she did, I planted some in pots,
old fashioned varieties, and it has done great and looks great, with
the different colors and leaf configurations. A couple years ago we
started "landscaping" with vegetables. It is amazing how they work in
with the flowers and other areas.

Gardening is one grand experiment. Seeds are cheap, even cheaper when
you save seed. One year things may work, another not.

Have Fun
Charlie

I'm moving my potatoes to cover my lettice then. That way, it should
only get the mid-day/evening sun rather than sun the whole day.

Speaking of experiments, my potatoes are in 5-gallon buckets since we
planned to move mid-june. We'll see how that goes, and the cost of seed
was actually less than the cost of dirt and way less than the cost of the
bucket. Acquisition is a disease, I tell ya...

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