Tag: lettuce
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Colorado Springs aquaponic farm is seeking volunteers for growing operation
The Solid Rock Community Development Corporation is looking for volunteers to help harvest and package fresh produce from the Aquapod, the company’s aquaponic farming operation. The closed-loop farming system, located at the Family Success Center in southeast Colorado Springs, has been up and running for about a year, producing hundreds of heads of lettuce for…
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Year-round gardening: Grow your own salad
By Kim SnowdonColorado Master Gardener “Lettuce celebrate the goodness of greens!” — author unknown Cool-season salad greens are an easy garden crop for your raised bed or a container on your patio. A vegetable is considered a cool-season crop if it thrives in temperatures between 50 degrees and 70 degrees. And there’s nothing more satisfying…