Vegetables You Can Plant in the Winter to Garden Year Round

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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you some vegetables he is planting in the winter in his mild-climate. In this episode you will discover some common and more uncommon leafy green vegetables that you can grow in the winter time if your area gets light frosts. John will share all the plants he is growing and also talk about growing year round in the garden if you have a mild climate or not. Learn how to grow indoors in the winter at: Growing Sprouts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQqML3Ayxi0 Growing Microgreens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blBwFvAghTs

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can I plant (and) harvest crops in the middle of a harsh winter??

I see Naked trees and Dead Grass Right now.....

too bad im in a place where it snows like crazy in the winter

Did you buy those starts? If the tag is correct each was 4.00, that seems really expensive! I would rather grow from seed personally. To me it's not worth it if I'm spending more money to grow my own food then buying it at the store. What's your opinion on that?

I'm located in Alabama ! I can't wait to have my year round garden ! I got my summer garden planted and can't wait for September to start my winter Garden ! January-Feb my spring garden harvest that in April and begin my summer garden again !

Mmmmm yum!

Kohlrabi slaw is really good. Also, those mustard greens are one of my favorite leafy greens. And don't forget the delicious sugar snap peas. All good choices!

Here are all of the plants that he is planting this winter season: (may be mispelled)
- Beets Chioggia
- Bulls blood beets
- Bull door beets
- Beets cilindrica
- Broccolini Spigaries
- Gai lan green lants
- Kohlrabi early white
- Mustard greens 'Yukina savoy'
- Komatsuna red
- Pac choi
- Kohlrabi superschmetz
- frisse
- escarole batvian
- mache corn salad
- minutina
- pea "sugar snap"

I just started growing things to eat, this year. Not very good at it, but I hope to get better. My grandparents had a huge farm in south Alabama,(commercial), that I spent summers at as a child during the late 50's and 60's. Glad to find your site, as I need to learn much!

Why does he always look high

even some cannabis strains grow on extreme temps, every plant wants to strive for life and it will grow if you give it time, love, and energy :)

Hello John. Happy new year. Plants don't grow in winter they survive! It's too cold and the days are too short. Plant them before the onset of winter and overwinter them. They will start to grow in spring as the weather gets warmer and the days get longer. I have spring cabbages and leeks overwintering in my raised bed. I also have some garlic in patio pots. I cover my empty raised beds in winter with a top mulch of organic material to help build up the soil structure for the next growing season. Enjoyed the video, keep telling us stuff.

Interesting topic this winter gardening. Of course I noticed early on your German name which probably means charcoal burner, although you don't look German ;-) the small leaved winter salad is called in Switzerland Nüssli, in Germany Feldsalat, Species: "Valerianella", right?

in Missouri the buck-horn plantain is a huge pest for gardeners. i've never thought of them as a potential crop

What zone are you in? I'm in Zone 7 in the Pacific Northwest and I'm really questioning whether I could do this. Also, where did you get your seedlings from? There's nowhere around here to buy those at this time of year. Thanks Love.

stole the link ?
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Kohlrabi Superschmelz - worth locking forward to. But those tasts best when cooked.
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Besides the high taxes here in New York ..moving south for retirement will help us with our food growing... looks like you have a awesome garden there in your yard. - love what you said about diversity - Ruthie

bugs are just extra protien

All my stuff (lettuce, turnips, kale, Brussels sprouts, etc.) are all green, but not growing at ALL..... and the root crops are just growing leaves but not even TRYING to grow their roots. Seriously, the golden ball turnips, egg turnips, carrots....NUTTIN' but enough root to be alive. If I didn't know what I bought, I wouldn't even think these were the right crops. All I can figure is we've had practically no sun for over a month. What was eternal sunshine during the summer turns out to be (even if the sun IS shining) only an hour or so during fall/winter in my garden. Do y'all think if we DO start to get more sunny days, that they could start producing their root crop or is it too late, once they've formed a lot of leaves. The lettuce and Swiss chard look like they're for a Barbie doll they're still so small! LOL