Oct 15th, 2005
Arctic King Lettuce
It’s been a bit quiet around mtp these last few weeks as we’ve been on holiday (the undergardener and I). South of France, very nice, I won’t sicken you with the details. But we came back to find a lovely, daddy-sized compost bin waiting for us outside our front door. Complete with kitchen ‘caddie’ (as they call them) and leaflet explaining all about composting. Of course we’ve been composting all year however we’ve been making do with a tiny bin that we inherited from our neighbour and the kitchen recycling hasn’t been to the level that we would feel happy with (due to the lack of a kitchen caddie – of course!). But now we’re all kitted up and ready to go up a recycling gear. We’ve already filled the caddy with coffee grounds (hmm…maybe we drink too much coffee???). But anyway the other nice surprise is that our Arctic King Lettuce seedlings (free with GYO mag) are up and ready to be transplanted to the cold frame. As the name suggests they are winter hardy however I’m planning to do some in the cold frame and some out on the plot – that way we might have some lettuce earlier than the ‘April – May’ it says on the packet. What on earth did people eat in the winter round these parts?
