I got some rain. My roo is happy happy happy. He was out init. Crazy bird. Iceberg will grow during early Summer (April to June) - ya gotta run a mister. It likes water. For Romaine - is it Freeze Tolerant?¿ By January, it'll be in the mid to upper 20s where I am. I'm NW of Phoenix, where there's open desert & no mountains. I'll be covering my well as usual so my pipes don't freeze. Thoughts about how to keep Romaine from freezing?¿Winter is the best time to grow lettuce and other leafy greens here in southern AZ. Ideally, you'd start sprouting the seeds sometime around the beginning of Sept., give or take a week or so depending on your elevation. There is still plenty of growing time this winter though, just start the seeds inside and then move them out when they are ready to transplant. I sprout new seeds every week to keep a constant production. You should be able to grow well into May before the heat scorches everything. I don't plant much lettuce in dirt anymore, but when I did I used hoops covered with plastic to help keep the moisture and temperature up inside around the plants (on hot days I would have to open one end for ventilation). I haven't planted iceberg, but I have grown a dozen or so other varieties of lettuce and all have done well. I've only had mixed success at growing spinach here. For starters I'd highly recommend romaine (as suggested by Indiana feather) and Swiss chard. The Swiss chard does exceptionally well over winter here in the desert and is fairly cold hardy. The chickens really like both. I hope you're getting some of this rare and wonderful rain today. [COLOR=B42000][/COLOR]
