dylan: as a amateur backyard river road bumbling gardener want to apologize for cmd untoward comment.  any reader can readily see the packing crate photos (collin andrew) you added to your well penned article that lettuce heads were chopped almost in half to fit neatly in box. the stalk, and lower ruffage went back to food for lane county compost bins. i've visited that well managed and productive garden years ago.