I often talk about eating a large variety of foods because it is super important for the body to have an array of minerals and nutrients. This does not change during winter months, even when the garden is small. This year we put in a very small winter garden that needed no tending. I did not go out and trim the older leaves, I did not do much for the garden at all. The only time I went out there was to harvest what we wanted, thanking the plants for their offerings and nutrition, and on the occasional warm day, I walked the garden to bring me joy. Very little effort or work went into this winter garden, as intended. It started to get a bit scarce because we picked and picked but did not successively plant. Here we are, mid-February, and we still have enough of a variety to get daily wildly diverse winter salads and then some.
Kaliah spent time with me harvesting our lunch salad, thanking the plants as we took what we needed. We took a little of this...a little of that.... and then we enjoyed a surprise itty bitty friend who came to visit - who you'll see in the video below.
Winter gardens are one of the easiest gardens to grow. If you live in a mild and even semi mild winter area, I encourage you to give it a try. It doesn't require much maintenance at all so you can still take that much-needed break from the homestead chore of keeping up with an elaborate garden, which during the warmer months, can be more of a task. Having fresh foods, and a large array of them at that is something that is so rewarding, fulfilling, and important for our bodies. We have more information with a list of cold-hardy varieties that do well completely unprotected in winter months and their cold tolerance temperatures on our Facebook Page.
Check out our video from today's harvest - February 17, 2020.
With lots of love
~Bren
-Kindred Acres
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What a wonderful post, thanks for showing us what we can grow in a temperate zone all winter! Very inspiring <3
love your salad and I agree it is so important to let your plants/food flower so that the bees can have some and also so that we can get the seeds it's a win win really xx
Isn't it amazing how many plants we can grow even in winter? And still supplement our diet with good fresh greens?
For sure
What did you have to accompany the salad? The other item on the plates?
It is shredded skipjack tuna in a cucumber and dill greek yogurt dressing.
Oh, that sounds wonderful! Yum!
It was so delicious.