Organic Lettuce
Organically Grown Lettuce grown in raised beds filled with quality compost. High quality compost comes from a carefully tended compost pile with the right mixture of brown and green matter, water, and oxygen. When all is working optimally in a pile it will reach high temperatures of 120-150F. The high heat will kill most pathogens and weed seeds, but the beneficial mycorrizhae will survive. There is a natural “cooling off” period and then the compost is “finished compost” or “humus” and can be put to use.All varieties are heirloom, some dating back to Thomas Jefferson. While leaf lettuce was eaten during Greek and Roman times, heading lettuce did not appear until the late 1500’s. Lettuce, a member of the daisy family, first became popular table fare back in Greek and Roman times.
