Below is a nice little video from Burpee seeds on growing lettuce. They have a special of no shipping this weekend if you mention weeknfree on checkout of an order of $40 or more. They mention in this video that lettuce is a cool season crop so they would like you get started on your Fall planting. However I have been quite successful in growing it right during the hot part of august thanks to using something called salad tables and shade cloth. More about that below the video.
Below is a photo of my salad table growing a nice crop of loose oak leaf lettuce. Every week I have been able to clear cut myself a new batch of fresh organic lettuce! You can read about how to construct a salad table here. Basically the concept is drainage, drainage, drainage. It doesn’t require much soil and is at waist height so no bending over. I made mine not at the same dimensions as this link because I wanted it to fit nicely next to my clawfoot bathtub pond. This whole area is covered with white shade cloth that blocks about 25% of the hot August sun. This allows me to still grow lettuce even in the dead heat of the Summer without it bolting. I plan to replace a lot of my ornamental plants in here with loose leaf lettuce. Not only is it tasty to eat but it’s pretty to look at as well! What a great way to accomplish two objectives at once!
Gotta show off my water lily as well!
and my baby blue plumbago mixed with my bubble gum pink suptertunias!
Your garden looks like a magical place.