Posted by Sunset, July 9, 2009 in Edibles
, People
, Techniques
By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer
Use a more heat-tolerant green such as collards or Swiss chard or spinach to shade young lettuce seedlings. Besides stretching the season for the latter, the contrast in textures is nice.
Planting strawberry patches on either side of your sidwalk as Urban Plantations owner Karen Contreras did creates a lovely effect. And it sure makes harvesting a handful for your cereal every morning, as her husband does, convenient.
