My Life Away From Internet Marketing...

Can't wait to get outside and plant some Spring Onions and Lettuce...

Spring Onions...are one of the easiest vegetables I have ever grown in my little garden. They can be pulled from the soil, cleaned and eaten raw, cooked in many of your favorite recipes, or used in a variety of salads...perhaps that's why they're also called Salad Onions.

The way I understand it is...the best time to plant Spring Onions depends on your climate and situation. However, most gardeners recommend planting onion sets in May-June if you live in the northern hemisphere and November-December if you live in the southern hemisphere.

Most of the time Spring Onions can be planted very early in the spring and usually picked 4 - 7 weeks after planting.
 
When planting Spring Onions...Plant onion sets 2-4 inches deep with the bulbs nearly touching (the deeper you plant, the more white portion will be produced). Gently cover them with fine soil to a depth of roughly (¼-½"). If you're growing Spring Onions in rows then the distance between each row should be about 1 foot apart. You can also scatter sets in spare patches throughout your garden.

Once you start pulling Spring Onions from your garden...to insure a continuous supply of mouth watering, fresh, Spring Onions...sow new sets every fortnight.

Refrigerate cleaned, Spring Onions in a glass of water to keep fresh and flavorful.

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And, when it comes to choosing and planting Loose Leaf Lettuce to go with my Spring Onions (Black Seeded Simpson Loose Leaf Lettuce) is the seeds I plant.

Why? Because that's what my Mommy planted.

Also, it grows fast, has a light, sweet taste, and is ready to harvest in around 40 to 45 days.

Tip: When I plant these seeds I sprinkle the seeds on top of a fine soil, and just water them in.

Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce is not a candidate for transplanting. Sow seeds directly in your garden.

Also, many gardeners have been successful with planting and growing these seeds in an outdoor container on a patio or deck, and in window boxes.

When it comes time to harvest, just step outside with a pair of scissors and snip as many leaves as you need or pinch off what you need. The plant will re-grow.

Black Seeded Simpson lettuce likes cool weather and lots of moisture. Grow lettuce plants in full sun, in rich, well drained soil. Liquid fertilizer works well. Weed once or twice early in their growth cycle. The plants will grow better, and it makes harvesting easier.

Black Seeded Simpson lettuce grows quickly, and has a short life span. Disease problems are few, except in wet weather. In hot weather, they can get bitter, and they can rot.

Also, Rabbits, Snails, and Slugs like all types of lettuces. However, you should avoid using any insecticides on leaf lettuces.

I prefer to plant a crop for spring and early summer harvest, leaving the mid summer months to the tomatoes and the corn. Then, as the late summer days begins to cool down, I usually plant a new lettuce crop for a fall harvest.

Nothing no finer that fresh lettuce and onions from the garden. Add some yellow meal cornbread, a tall glass of milk and you're eat'n Southern Style.
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UP - DATE: JUNE 27,2011

My life away from Internet Marketing recently took a back - step due to me being hospitalised and triple - by - pass heart surgery.

Doing OK at present...sleeping in a chair in the living room...and, now eating a heart healthy diet.

Who knew all those Omaha steaks were not good heart food?