Lettuce, (Lactuca sativa), is easy to grow, sprouts in 1-2 weeks and ready to eat in about 5 weeks as delicious ‘baby’ lettuce in a spring
mix. Direct sow about 2/3 inch or . cm deep and thin to 9 inches or 23 cm if desiring whole plants of loose leaf lettuce. Seed
will often over winter under snow and sprout in spring.