Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 3 AugustA tray of salad seedlings on 5 August, most cells still bare and the filled ones crowded three and four together, their thin cotyledons blown almost to white by hard low sun, and one still carrying its shriveled seed coat stuck to a leaf tip.Week of 7 SeptemberMarvel of Four Seasons lettuce on 11 September, a dozen loose open rosettes not yet hearted, coppery wine-red leaves fading to chartreuse at each center, with fat rain droplets running along the white midribs under flat gray light.Week of 21 SeptemberMarvel of Four Seasons lettuce on 22 September, eight or so young rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves bronze-red above and fading to pale lime at the clasping bases, just beginning to cup. Water droplets sit on the blistered leaves under flat overcast light.
