Winter Gardening

Jackson is the other green thumb in the house besides myself. While Ashleigh is only excited to eat what we grow, Jackson like to tend to the garden. In preparation for spring, we planted all the seeds for our garden inside and kept them in a greenhouse in front of the sliding glass door.

We planted baby spinach and micro greens that we would eat while it was still too cold to plant outside.  We plated edible flower and decorative flower seeds and a multitude of veggies.

Gardening is my element. I was excited to check the greenhouse everyday to see what new seedlings had sprouted.

 There was something very satisfying about watching all of these plants grow while on the other side of the door, everything was covered in snow.

The spinach and micro greens were in separate smaller containers (plastic shoes boxes actually) and it made it really easy to grab a container and bring it to the kitchen counter to prepare meals.

 We eventually had to take the cover off the greenhouse because the plants were getting too tall! This little greenhouse worked perfectly. We had well over 100 seedlings sprouted and thriving after a couple months. It comes apart easily for storage. The hard part was waiting until it was safe to plant outside since we get snow in April!