Anyone grow any vegetables all Winter?

This guy is great, also in new Jersey. Maybe his videos can give you some ideas.

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as far as veggies, just peppers (a few diff kinds) some gourds and pumpkins..

the stuff that stays alive for the winter comes into this room;

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anything potted from here will come inside when it gets cold; (mostly peppers)

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Thank you!

Cool!

I'm trying to do it outside with microclimates and the right varieties.

From what I'm reading, spinach is pretty easy, so I'm going to go heavier on that. I have that and all the brassicas going in raised beds, and they could probably be covered over with hooped plastic pretty easily.

I made some beds up against the house, thinking that the ambient heat from the house might be helpful, and that it would be easy to tent or mulch up against the house. It would be a good spot to grow some root vegetables ... maybe turnips ... carrots?

I have no idea what to put there lol

Got my outdoors greens (mostly kale & salad) garden in an area near the house which protects from W, NW, and N winds. They need to reach approx. 6-8" in height before the first major cold snaps to continue producing all winter when unprotected by a greenhouse here in the mid-south.

We're very fortunate in New Jersey ... it's not called the Garden State for nothing.

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Should be planted by the 3'rd week of August here, but mine is running 3 weeks late this year. Hopefully they can get to the viable size in the next few weeks.

That's excellent.

I'm going to have to learn more ways to use kale. My Spring batch got eaten overnight by groundhogs. My Fall batch got eaten by bugs the day they went in the ground. My Winter batch is in a groundhog proof raised bed ... I hope I can protect it and keep it going.

What did you plant?

That sounds like a colder climate than where I am. Most fall stuff could go in through September here.

Kale and other thick leafed brassicas can survive temps well into the teens covered in snow. They just do not grow any larger once temps get below freezing.

What I would suggest is investing in an aeroponic system. I use a tower garden. You can grow leafy vegetables all year long, you just have to add water and nutrients and manage the pH. They make vertical light kits that will provide enough light for leafy (non fruiting) vegetables to grow. Aeroponics allows the plants to grow about 200-300% faster than they would in soil. If you eat a lot of lettuce, brassica (kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels, etc), spinach, chard, herbs etc aeroponics is where it is at.

Downside is you need a 3x3' space for it.

No I just buy them

Ill turn my back patio into an attached greenhouse. I have the glass . Just need to finish other projects first. Put up the walls and glass and cut hole in room for the glass.

I do indoor hydroponics as well, with several AeroGardens and also the Kratky method. Herbs, lettuce, peppers, cabbage, etc.

If you can't invest in a Tower Gatden or AeroGarden, definitely check out the Kratky method. It is very inexpensive and easy to do, especially if you live in an apartment like I do. Good luck to all the gardeners out there. :)

Make an earth green house (if that’s the term) look into it. Of course south facing, will need perfect positioning for best results. This will bump up your temperatures. So basically it’s a frame on top of an area dug into the ground perhaps a meter or so.

I guess you could add water barrels for extra heat insulation. Of course you could add electric heaters, but realistically for the sake of the times we are in, look at doing this without power.

You’ll still need a daily air exchange I imagine to avoid molds and get the best out of growth.

Yes the plants you’ve listed are cold weather, but you may be able to get them to thrive ALL year.

Maybe you could even use s basic solar powered method of energy actually.

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We grow tomatoes inside and alfalfa, broccoli and radish sprouts on the kitchen counter under the task lighting.

Thank you so much. I'll look into all that.

I'm going to have to build SOMETHING.

I could buy something, some kind of indoor rig or outdoor greenhouse, but I'm trying like heck to do this the hard way.

My goal is to feed myself 100% from my garden and foraging next year, starting in spring. This Winter is my test Winter.

My current beds are raised, and not recessed like you described, but a lot of my research talks about recessing the beds.

Thanks again

I DO eat a TON of greens (my dietary thing in in my sig), so much so that I feel like I MUST learn to grow them year round for self-sufficiency.

Indoor space is really limited, though. I have a very small house containing 5 people on two awesome, awesome permaculture-in-progress acres. I'm the only freak in the family who is determined to eat only from the yard this year.

I feel like maybe I could put that tower in the shed, though ...

Thank you for the great advice. It's good to know people have real success with those setups and aren't just trying to sell them.

yup plant your cole(cold) crops now, cabbage, broccoli, kale that stuff love cool and cold..feed you thru the winter with the green the human bodies need...

Thx

I have a lot of land, but my inclination is still to put stuff in containers, even though my garden soil is great.

It feels like less work somehow.

It's good to know at least two GLPers have success indoors. Thank you for the advice. I always look at those aerogardens ...

what about buying the pods? Do you have to use their pods?

I can't WAIT to make sauerkraut!!!

Also, that stuff FREEZES well ... spinach, broccoli ...

I'm mad at myself for not doing more carrots. It looks like they would be ok, too.

Dig for Victory!

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I'm eyeing up the shed and chicken coop.

There are mods that could be done.

This is my third year gardening outdoors and I'm learning so much ... I don't want to stop for Winter.

Do you grow the tomatoes in dirt or hydroponically? Thank you!

Found one about Winter!

I want to look at hydroponics.

Lots of options with that.

Zone 5 here, and I watch Canadian Prepper. I planted a fall garden in July, but it's mostly in shade, yet still growing, so I'm still watering. New place, new garden, will be better next year.

One thing is, if it's planted in the fall, and doesn't make it to edible crop in time because of snow or below-zero temps, it is at least in there, and may give you a head-start on the spring crop as a result. "Volunteers."

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This is a great option for the way my beds already are.

This guy is great, he's so Jersey in a good way. The Italians in Jersey love their gardens and are so enthusiastic about them.