Winter Vegetables

I have been working on the hydroponic operation this week, trying to get some of it ready to plant our winter house garden. While I was infirmed, the weeds took advantage on the ground cover and in the pots. But, I have worked hard and have one whole row ready to plant anew. That is 384 spots in the stacks and 35 7 gal pots at the bottom.

Any suggestions?

I plan the greens, .....spinach, swiss chard, collards, mustards, turnips.

Maybe some broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage.

What else?

Love,

Betty

Betty, Have you visited the Growing Edge?

http://www.growingedge.com/category/hydroponics

Here's one of my favorites for wintertime: Kohlrabi.


Good at both ends.

Dear Shelagh,

Thank you for the links. I tried to get my photobucket account to work so I could post a picture of the farm here. Alas! My computer has not kept up with their new graphic requirements, (I think) and I could not do it.

Being incapacitated for four months has had it's tole on the operation. Slowly I will get it ready for spring. It all needs new media, an expense that we cannot do this year. The option is to salvage what media (vermiculite and perlite mix ) that I can. That involves removing each pot and discarding weeds and roots to make it a viable mixture for new plantings. Still, all the weeds that were have left many, many seeds to sprout again.

It is such a beautiful way to grow vegetables (or flowers or herbs) but it does take new media about every 4 years. I need to win the lottery!

Love, Betty

Annie,

Kohlrabi is in! And beets and radish and onions!

It is always an amazement to me that something so small as an onion seed can make such a lovely onion. And lettuce! Talk about small seeds!

Love,

Betty