How to Grow a Winter Kitchen Garden
Winter is a time of snowstorms, movie nights by the fire and … fresh, homemade salsa? Well, sure. Why not? At least, it can be for those who apply their green thumb to indoor vegetable gardening. With a little gear and know-how, a wide variety of fresh produce can be successfully grown throughout the winter, even cilantro and chilies.
“My nine-year-old daughter loves to grow lettuce, carrots, peppers and herbs,” says Chad Knight, who teaches classes on indoor gardening in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which can get over 13 inches of snow in December. “We can do that all year round.”
Here’s how.
by Jacoba Charles
illustrations by MGMT. Design
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This article originally appeared on Modern Farmer.
