Plan Your Fall & Winter Lettuce Before the Days Get Too Short

Not sure which lettuce to grow, how much to plant, where it will fit, or when you need to get it started?

Grab my free Fall & Winter Lettuce Plan and use the same simple planning method I'm following in my own Zone 8a garden.

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WHAT'S INSIDE

A Simple Plan You Can Actually Use

Inside the printable, I'll show you:

The lettuce varieties I'm growing for fall and winter, including which ones I'm using while it's still hot.
My actual 78-plant layout across one GreenStalk and two raised beds, so you can see what a real lettuce plan looks like.
A simple worksheet to figure out how much lettuce your household actually needs and how much growing space it will take.
A beginner-friendly way to work backward from your area's 10-hour daylight date so you can estimate when your lettuce needs to be planted.
My simple cold-weather protection notes for keeping mature lettuce going as temperatures drop.

Get the Free Plan

Why I Made This

For a long time, I thought fall gardening was mostly about watching the temperature.

But lettuce taught me that daylight matters just as much.

Once our days get down around 10 hours here, growth slows dramatically. A cover can protect lettuce from cold, but it can't give the plant more daylight.

So instead of waiting until fall feels cool enough to start thinking about winter lettuce, I'm working backward from that short-day period and getting the plants sized up first.

That's the plan I've laid out for you in this guide.

Make Your Lettuce Plan Before You Plant

You don't need to copy my garden.

Use my plan as an example, then work out what makes sense for your household, your space, and your climate.