One thing that irritates the crap out of me is local-America only sells a "spring mix" of salad greens. There is no "autumn" or "winter" mix to offer the late-season crops. Some varieties appear in both of the cool-season phases, but others are mostly or entirely one or the other. I have described a version of winter mix from Terramagne.
... requires larval host plants as well as flowers. As the harvest comes in, that means plant catalogs will soon go out for people to place orders for spring planting. Plan ahead for butterflies, they need all the help they can get.
Many types of lettuce grow well in autumn and winter. In most parts of the country, they can be protected without needing a heated greenhouse. Don't forget the old-fashioned way of heating, though: 'hot' manure such as chicken or pig. If you put your aging bins in a greenhouse, or make a layer of fresh manure under regular dirt in a coldframe, that generates heat as it breaks down.
This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It was inspired by the "Bone" square in my 9-1-19 card for the Arts and Crafts Festival Bingo. It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. This poem belongs to the Officer Pink thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.