Given that January is National Mailorder Gardening Month, it comes as no big surprise that catalogs have begun trickling in. Im expecting Ill have a nice collection covering my dining room table by the end of the month. Last week, I wrote about new flowers and trees and shrubs that have been introduced for 2008. This week, Im putting my money where my mouth is literally and writing about new edibles to grow this summer.
In one of my favorite catalogs, The Cooks Garden, I was intrigued by a new colorful butterhead lettuce called Yugoslavian Red. Heads grow a foot across and boast green and red marbled leaves.