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Growing your own green salad
It seems like bad timing that just as salad season reaches its peak, the heat makes lettuce bolt.
One way of getting round that is to grow the loose leaf or multi-leaf lettuce varieties, from which individual leaves can be harvested. They are less likely to bolt if planted in a cooler part of the garden, ideally in bed that receives morning sun but afternoon shade. Covering a bed with 40 percent shade cloth is another alternative.
In addition to the well known varieties like Lollo Rosso, Lollo Biondo and Red Oak Leaf, there is Multileaf which has four distinct leaf types; a curly green leaf, dark green leaf, red curly leaf with green internal colour and cherry red leaves. It’s available as a mature plant and can be transplanted into the garden or grown in pots.
Borage: Borage is often eaten as a cooked vegetable, added to spinach, the flowers used in salads or as a garnish, or taken as a tea. It is likewise cultivated for its medicinal features. It has active constituents of the following: beta-carotene, choline, mucilage, gamma-linoleic acid, fiber and trace minerals. Borage leaves contain vitamin C and is rich in calcium, potassium and mineral salts.
It seems like bad timing that just as salad season reaches its peak, the heat makes lettuce bolt.
