I am over in Ottawa and I plant my lettuces in pots because bugs on my greens creep me out. I do start it indoors and then harden off and leave outside. I figure I'll start mine in a couple of weeks, around May 1st. So they'll be living outdoors permanently by the end of May in clean planter soil on my deck away from creepy crawlers. I just wait until they are big enough to eat, to thin them out, don't plant too closely but don't sweat over it. Two weeks more! Start some herbs if you are itching to plant.
Here's hoping that pansys can be tranplanted safely, I way too densely sowed them.
