http://stephargaret060.cabbycentral.com/ gardening, recipes, my world en http://stephargaret060.cabbycentral.com/2008/11/30/growing-lettuce-in-the-fallwinter-in-austin.html My fall/winter garden is going terrificly except on behalf of the lettuce. The lettuce I planted in October is coming up too slowly. Next year I shall plant in September.  Right now we are eating salads with green leaf lettuce and spinach. This could be worse but I would like more lettuce as well as less spinach. I started some seeds in my backyard  in a 25 gallon black pot so if it freezes I can cover them with a blanket as well as still have some fresh lettuce. But these I started in early November as well as they are just babies. Next year I shall follow the advice of the folks at Angel Valley commercial farm who say their best varities are red leaf, romaine, green leaf as well as butterheads.        Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:56:50 -0500 stephargaret060