Well I would recommend start harvesting. Take a leaf off every plant till you have a salad. They will just keep growing until the get to hot/stressed & bolt.
Otherwise keep at it & glad to see the cats on the mend i see no rat bites
Just wanted to show off my lettuce bounty. nostr:npub1dgpt04w4c88wc0g262xaw8zvlm4mvwtmjhl0tn2sxtyjywsn6q4qt8ka3a , I moved the remaining ones apart and they're gaining size and strength by the day. A bit sensitive to too much sun, but cover them sometimes mid day. Any tips for final stages welcome

Well I would recommend start harvesting. Take a leaf off every plant till you have a salad. They will just keep growing until the get to hot/stressed & bolt.
Otherwise keep at it & glad to see the cats on the mend i see no rat bites
Or all the lower leafs
Thanks! lol, didn't realize you were meant to pluck evenly across plants! Was wondering how I was gonna put back so many in a short time frame 😅
Looks like garden salad tonight !
Oh yeah, still on lookout for return of rat but no signs since we cleaned up bird feeding area and put some fresh soil down around the surrounding area.
In the winter i grow in bin its so dense i go in and clear cut. Entire plants right back.
This season's dabbling has taught us a lot. Got a bit more intuition and feel for watering and other intangibles, and plan to scale up a bit next go around. Peppers and herbs have been easy and worth it, tomatoes are final boss now. Plants are huge but fruit minimal. Just whacked/pruned bottom a bit for first time this morning to avoid rot (first try got mold, likely due to my watering it like a garden fairy from atop instead of at base lol). Fun to grow either way though