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Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean that you have to give up on fresh, homegrown food for the year. Plenty of delicious veggies can be grown in containers indoors all through winter. Check out this post by the David Domoney blog for a list of the best vegetables to grow in a container:
-Beetroots
-Tomatoes
-Radishes
-Potatoes
-Lettuce
-Carrots
Winter is the time for indoor planting! Start your indoor herb garden now, or try planting a few ferns or flowers. Having plants indoors keeps your air purified, plus they can be used for decoration. Also, many of them smell fantastic! Check out this post by Stoill Barzakov at Hubpages for the best smelling indoor herbs to plant this season. Another bonus- you can cook with most of them:
-Rosemary
-Lavender
-Basil
-Mint
-Jasmine
-Geraniums
Most people assume that it’s impossible to grow anything during the cold winter months, however, that simply isn’t true! While most fruits and veggies flourish in the spring and summer, there are all kinds of dark, leafy greens that thrive in the cold and shade. For a list of what to grow all through winter, check out this post by Jill Winger at The Prairie Homestead:
-Pea Greens
-Fennel
-Arugula
-Land Cress
-Mizuna
-Agretti
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The people that are talented enough to pull these off always amaze me!
I have a crab apple tree in my front yard, and it’s pretty awesome. The fruit is too sour to eat by itself, but it makes a delicious pie filling and jelly! I love having a fruit tree because they require almost no work once you plant them, and they give you new fruit year after year. For a list of trees you can plant this winter, check out this post by Melissa at the Melissa K Norris blog:
-Apple / Crab Apple
-Apricot
-Sweet/Sour Cherry
-Pears, Peaches, and Plums
Growing up, my Grandma’s house always fascinated me. She had a collection of porcelain dolls that took up the entire top floor of her home, two gigantic, bear-sized golden retrievers, an old school wood stove, and about a million cactuses in all her windows (cacti?). The prettiest ones were her Christmas cacti, which we got to see bloom when we visited for Christmas. They have beautiful pink, red, or purple blossoms, and are pretty easy to take care of. (Plus, they last forever. She had the same ones for years and years!) If you want a quirky new plant, consider getting one of these! Check out this post by Garden Therapy at Ebay Guides for tips:
-Make sure it is in a well lit room, but out of direct sunlight.
-Water every 2-3 days, or once a week
-Use cactus/succulent soil mix for potting soil
Everyone knows to bring your dogs and cats inside when it’s cold out; it’s just common sense. If you raise other animals, they more than likely have a warm barn or shelter they can go into when Winter hits. But what about chickens? You can’t bring them in the house (though I know some people that do…). Is their coop really warm enough for them when the temperature is below freezing? Check out this post by Meredith Skyer at Backyard Chicken Project for tips on keeping them nice and toasty:
-Get the right chickens for your climate- if you live in a colder area, get a cold-hardy chicken breed.
-Insulate the coop with foam or fiberglass, then cover with plywood (so the chickens don’t pick at it)
-Provide quality roosts- make sure they are big enough so a chicken can wrap its toes under their body.
