Exploring the Versatility of Kale

Six Plant Suggestions for Winter Yard Work

1. Russian Red and other ornamental types of kale make for delicious salad and smoothie ingredients. Kale is a charming little garden plant. Being a cold-hardy plant, kale can easily tolerate several degrees of frost. It functions well as a shoot, a full-grown plant, and a sprout. Although it prefers full light, it can adapt rather well to winter's low light levels.

2. A staple in tiny gardens is lettuce. It works just as well in winter gardens as it does in summer ones because of its short growing season, hardiness, and adaptability. There is a lettuce plant for every area and setting, ranging in color from red to green, head lettuce to leaf lettuce, and frilly to plain. Without enough light, lettuce will become lanky extremely rapidly, so it's best to have a grow light or a window that receives regular sunlight.

3. Another fantastic plant for winter gardening is spinach, which also thrives in cool climates and bolts in hot weather. It can survive a few degrees of frost outside, but it will need protection from complete freezing. It will require a grow light inside. Spinach thrives best when it reaches a sprout size, at which point you can remove a few leaves from each plant and allow it to regrow.


4. Herbs that grow well in the winter include oregano, thyme, and sage. To ensure that your outdoor plant survives the winter, remove a portion of its roots and place it inside a pot. Once established in the pot, the plant will continue to grow and yield fresh herbs whenever you need them throughout the winter.

5. You can grow citrus plants in pots along with a few other plants that resemble fruit trees. Winter is citrus season, which makes it the ideal time to start your own lemon or orange tree from seeds. Citrus can only be grown indoors in colder climates, winter or not.

6. You may even cultivate plants in the winter from leftover shopping leftovers. For instance, you can grow avocado trees in the winter, celery that is begun from the end of the bunch, and the tops of beets and carrots that yield leaves and roots. You can grow it in the winter if you can get it started in a pot.