Our little guarded may be a timely enterprise. With the latest reports on tainted lettuce and the trouble they were having with spinach may the relieved for our neighbors by the few lettuce and spinach plants. Their may be enough lettuce there to serve for a short time. The spinach plants are struggling and so not much help. The late-season and winter garden is mostly an experiment. The short days and an additional shading will not be of much help.