Few foods have the combined taste and nutritional appeal of a good salad. Whether it's cherry tomatoes, crispy bacon, and hard-boiled eggs atop a cobb salad; croutons, parmesan cheese and that ...

COL There are a dozen of varieties of lettuce on the home market, so don't settle for that water-logged, tasteless stuff. Growing your own is economical, and it tastes so much better. May 20, 2004 at ...

This heirloom variety dates back to 1875 and is beloved for its large, lightly crumpled, lime green leaves. Black Seeded Simpson lettuce forms wide, open heads making it easy to pick individual leaves ...

A visit to the salad bar used to leave you with two choices: iceberg or romaine. But now lunch shops and grocery stores have woken up to all the types of lettuce out there, and there are almost too ...

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 ...

Indoor lettuce growing is quickly becoming a favorite for home gardeners who want crisp, pesticide-free greens without ...

"Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating." Hundreds of lettuce varieties are grown around the world and, because they grow someplace in every season, they are available year ...