Friday, May 20, 2011

Outdoor lettuce is looking good!

This outdoor lettuce isn't part of my recirculating aquaponics system, but I occasionally fertilize it with water from the fish tank, so I'll indulge it for a post.




Mixed varieties of leaf lettuce:




A row of Black-Seeded Simpson lettuce:



An Oak Leaf lettuce plant:


Buttercrunch is my favorite. It forms a loose head that resembles a giant dark green rose (here's a better pic from an earlier post):



Here's some Outredgeous Romaine:


This is some type of red Bibb lettuce. I'm not sure what its name is, but tonight I think I'll call it dinner:


A patch along the back end of the tunnel:


And some spinach for good measure: