{"id":9292,"date":"2011-02-01T04:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:37:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:37:01","slug":"thinking-big-and-small-with-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2011\/02\/thinking-big-and-small-with-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking big, and small, with mini lettuce"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nI’ve been thinking about what to grow this summer since my space is rather limited ( at least in my raised beds). Last year in Switzerland, we noticed so many perfectly tended gardens high in the Alps, and it seemed that all had tidy, neat rows of mini lettuce heads and mini cabbages, which inspired me to think more European, and try growing these tastier, small varieties that they love so much. Sure, here in America, many of us were raised to love 20 ounce steaks, 5 lb cabbages and foot-wide genetically altered lettuce heads. Supersizing may work in the produce aisle at your local Super Wall Mart, but maybe it’s time to down size a little. So this year, inspired by those Swiss gardens, I too am experimenting with mini-heads of lettuce. Besides, I think they will be pretty, too.<\/p>\n
Dancine, a new organic mini-head lettuce perfect for 1-2 people. This variety was bred for greenhouse growing but it does well in New England gardens, and in the Pacific North West.<\/p>\n
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A very glossy dark green ruffled mini head that is very crisp and tasty too. This variety is recommended as a mini-head type, and one that matures in 28 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A photo of mini lettuce growing in a garden high in the Swiss Alps in the village of M\u00fcrren. The European consumer prefers these…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n