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smallsolar<p>I'm working an <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/aeroponic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aeroponic</span></a> vertical tower to grow <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> , 3D printer but with a solar powered battery to run the pump.<br>I know I'll need to adjust the run times but trying to work out what the best starting timings should be, I was thinking something like 3 minutes on and 17 off or is that too long off. I'm in the UK so currently climate is quite dry. The controller is programmed by me so I can do any combination, perhaps 1 min on and 6 mins off.</p><p>Any suggestions?</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydroponic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydroponic</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/aeroponic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aeroponic</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/verticaltower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verticaltower</span></a> <br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a></p>
VegPlotter<p>Boost your lettuce! 🌱 Succession plant every 2-3 weeks for continuous harvests. Companion plant with garlic, marigolds, or taller herbs for pest control &amp; shade. Healthy soil &amp; efficient watering are key! <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Permaculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettuce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a></p>
Brett Hodnett<p>Started planting last night.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/urbangardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbangardening</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tomato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tomato</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vegetables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegetables</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gatineau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gatineau</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PicOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PicOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GoiglePixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoiglePixel</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PictureOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PictureOfTheDay</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>A dangerous <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ecoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecoli</span></a> strain has emerged; a small <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mutation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutation</span></a> may explain its rise<br>A sweeping genetic analysis by researchers at <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> suggests a tiny mutation in one of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a>'s molecular weapons may be behind the strain's rise. The mutation the CDC researchers found was in one of these <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/T3SS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>T3SS</span></a> effectors, a protein called <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EspW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EspW</span></a>. The CDC researchers suggest this could help E. coli when it's on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> and other <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/produce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>produce</span></a>. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/05/a-dangerous-e-coli-strain-has-emerged-a-small-mutation-may-explain-its-rise/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/a-dangerous-e-coli-strain-has-emerged-a-small-mutation-may-explain-its-rise/</span></a></p>
smallsolar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://solarcene.community/@solaradmin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>solaradmin</span></a></span> my <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydroponics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydroponics</span></a> setup is going well, so it's time to start working on the next project - a vertical hydroponics tower, for simplicity I'm using on of the modular designs off printables and I've got some spare filament made from waste filament from 3DQF.</p><p>I've realised though I won't have power for the water pump so currently designing a 12V solar system to power it. I've had to splash out for a small lithium battery but I'm hoping to salvage/repurpose the rest of the components, might even make my own solar panel from raw cells (if I don't crack them all while handling them)</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> <br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/verticalfarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verticalfarming</span></a></p>
Tom<p>Thinned the beets yesterday and planted some of those in 4 more rows. Looks like some will survive. It was really windy after I got done so they might have been flopping around some. No loss really.</p><p>Peas are growing more and the lettuce stumps are taking off again even with help from the chickens one day.</p><p>Picked some more radish, more tasty salad to have.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/May4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>May4</span></a></p>
Colin Purrington<p>Beets, spinach, and butterhead lettuce after a spin cycle. Home-grown greens are cheap but the real reason to have them is that they taste soooo much better than anything you can buy. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/beets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beets</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spinach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spinach</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/salad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salad</span></a></p>
:jan:‍:abreath:🌬️:dandelion:<p>I gave my executive dysfunction a jump scare and got all the dirt for the balcony garden shuffled and back in the pots. Need to get the potato starters still, and maybe some small pots for a morning glory behind the fountain, and a new pump for the fountain 🙄⛲🥬🥔🥒🪻🌼</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/UrbanFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanFarming</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/ContainerGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContainerGarden</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/potato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>potato</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/cucumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cucumber</span></a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p>"While the soil-free gardens were rooted in the idea of providing a hands-on learning experience, they have since become a real source of nutrition for the school’s more than 800 students. Led by sophomore Miriam Jackson, the school now grows up to 200 pounds of fresh lettuce each month in the cafeteria."<br><a href="https://www.startribune.com/this-minnesota-high-school-is-stocking-its-salad-bar-with-lettuce-it-grows-on-site/601331086" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">startribune.com/this-minnesota</span><span class="invisible">-high-school-is-stocking-its-salad-bar-with-lettuce-it-grows-on-site/601331086</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> has done fairly well on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scaramucci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scaramucci</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> scales, considering.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, this probably explains why the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@fdarecall_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fdarecall_bot</span></a></span> stopped working... <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSafety</span></a> just flew out the window!!! Thanks <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>! Keeping us safe...NOT!</p><p>A deadly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EColi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EColi</span></a> outbreak hit 15 states, but the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> chose not to publicize it </p><p>The outbreak linked to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RomaineLettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomaineLettuce</span></a> killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure. </p><p>April 17, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT / Updated April 17, 2025, 2:01 PM EDT<br>By Suzy Khimm</p><p>"An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce ripped across 15 states in November, sickening dozens of people, including a 9-year-old boy in Indiana who nearly died of kidney failure and a 57-year-old Missouri woman who fell ill after attending a funeral lunch. One person died.</p><p>"But chances are you haven’t heard about it. </p><p>"The Food and Drug Administration indicated in February that it had closed the investigation without publicly detailing what had happened — or which companies were responsible for growing and processing the contaminated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli</span><span class="invisible">-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HealthAndSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthAndSafety</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>Inspired by Trump's absolutely brilliant and definitely faultless work to protect free speech, Liz Truss is going to launch her own social media platform. </p><p>We have a few name suggestions:<br>🥗 leafy.greens<br>🥗 salad.social<br>🥗 lettuce.pm </p><p>Now, lettuce wait and see what she comes up with 👀 </p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/LizTruss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizTruss</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satire</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettuce</span></a></p>
Ed Davies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@_thegeoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>_thegeoff</span></a></span> Every post needs to be tagged <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a>.</p>
iveyline<p>A colourful field of lettuce near Lübbecke in Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany Aug 2010 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a></p>
Ana Francisca 兰兰🏳️‍⚧️<p>Yo creo que ha llegado ya la hora de sacar esto</p><p><a href="https://masto.es/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettuce</span></a></p>
Brett Hodnett<p>Planted the first seeds for this year. Just basil, lettuce and broccoli. Tomatoes next week. Spring is on the way.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Seedlings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seedlings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Basil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Basil</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seeds</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettuce</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Broccoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broccoli</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a></p>
Daniel Lundin<p>Lettuce Boy McCrispymonch.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greyhound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greyhound</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rescue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DogsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DogsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettuce</span></a></p>
KathyA<p>Does your <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/lettuce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettuce</span></a> come from the Salinas Valley or your <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/strawberries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strawberries</span></a> from Santa Cruz County?</p><p>Make sure they're organic. Otherwise you're contributing to the second-highest rates of pediatric <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> in California. </p><p><a href="https://lookout.co/pesticides-must-be-phased-out-i-am-a-physician-and-the-rate-of-pediatric-cancer-in-santa-cruz-county-is-more-than-38-above-the-overall-california-rate/story" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lookout.co/pesticides-must-be-</span><span class="invisible">phased-out-i-am-a-physician-and-the-rate-of-pediatric-cancer-in-santa-cruz-county-is-more-than-38-above-the-overall-california-rate/story</span></a></p>
JoshLet it grow<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hydroponics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hydroponics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/plants?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plants</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/food?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/basil?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#basil</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lettuce?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lettuce</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/water?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/greenthumb?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greenthumb</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sustainable?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainable</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixelfed</a>
Rob Pegoraro<p><strong>A spring gardening surprise: green leaves instead of green&nbsp;shoots</strong></p><p>So much is <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">terrible</a> in the world right now, but at least I’m not looking at lettuce as a grocery line-item expense on the first day of spring. That’s not because I’ve renounced leafy greens as a <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2015/02/20/lenten-lunch-challenge-crafting-sandwiches-without-cold-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sandwich fixing</a>, but because the spinach and some of the arugula that I grew from seed in the fall somehow survived winter. </p> <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/spring-spinach.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a> <p>Alongside them in the <a href="https://www.sunset.com/garden/backyard-projects/ultimate-raised-bed-how-to" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">raised bed</a> outside the back patio, parsley and, even less likely, cilantro have staged their own late-winter resurrections.</p><p>I can’t imagine why even the most fault-tolerant of these plants should have done that. This winter, unlike <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2020/02/21/this-weak-excuse-for-a-winter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">many in recent years</a>, not only had extended hard freezes but multiple <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/01/19/i-still-like-living-in-a-place-with-distinct-seasons/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">snow days</a> that left that bed buried in snow for days at a stretch. Even <a href="https://www.almanac.com/how-build-cold-frame" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">building a cold frame</a> should have been inadequate. </p><p>Having done nothing to prolong those crops, I should have had to start from scratch about two weeks before today, scattering dirt and seeds and looking forward to seeing the first green shoots emerge from the soil later this month. </p><p>(To anybody reading this intimidated by the idea of starting a vegetable garden: It’s hard to screw up arugula in the spring, and it’s also hard to find a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/?q=arugula" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recipe</a> that can’t be improved with a little of it.) </p><p>Instead, after <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/07/20/twenty-years-is-a-long-time-in-one-house/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">20 years</a> of having this questionably-productive hobby, I now need to decide if want to dig up some of these survivors to try growing some lettuce to mix things up. And if this means that my long <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/12/26/2024-gardening-scorecard-abundant-arugula/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">losing streak of trying to cultivate tomatoes</a> might be due for a change in a couple of months. This unearned gardening luck is not much in the larger scheme of things, but I’ll take it. </p><p><span></span></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/arugula/" target="_blank">#arugula</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/cilantro/" target="_blank">#cilantro</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/gardening-2/" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/kitchen-garden/" target="_blank">#kitchenGarden</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/lettuce/" target="_blank">#lettuce</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/march/" target="_blank">#March</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/overwinter/" target="_blank">#overwinter</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/seasons/" target="_blank">#seasons</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/spinach/" target="_blank">#spinach</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/spring-equinox/" target="_blank">#springEquinox</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/thyme/" target="_blank">#thyme</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/vernal-equinox/" target="_blank">#vernalEquinox</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/winter/" target="_blank">#winter</a></p>