Lettuce is an easy-to-grow, cool season crop that’s typically planted in spring for an early summer harvest, or in mid-summer ...

• Branch lettuce (Saxifraga micranthidifolia) — sometimes called wild lettuce, bear lettuce or lettuce saxifrage — grows on wet banks and in seepage areas and streams.

West Branch High School students this week enjoyed a locally grown healthy side dish with their school lunches. The district’s vocational agriculture and family and consumer studies classes are ...

Q. What causes lettuce to flower, and why does it taste bitter after flowering? When an annual (or biennial) reaches the end of its life, it wants to reproduce.