Popcorn shoots — or microgreens — have a delicate sweet flavor. Grow them on a windowsill for fresh greens year round.
INDOOR GARDENING
Indoor Greens: The Edible Sweet Potato Vine for a Winter Harvest
The edible sweet potato vine provides winter greens when grown indoors during cold weather. For mid-winter fresh greens, sweet potato leaves can’t be beat.
Harvest Wintertime Flavor with a Windowsill Herb Garden
A windowsill herb garden makes fresh flavor convenient throughout the winter; it’s also a good option year round for apartment or condo dwellers.
Growing Lettuce in an Indoor Winter Garden
Try your hand at growing lettuce indoors! Eat fresh salad greens year round by adopting the idea of growing an inside garden. Perfect for city folks!
Growing Vegetables from Seeds: How to Get a Jump on Your Garden
If you’re planting a garden, decide if you’re planting seeds or seedlings. Here’s what to know about seed germination & growing vegetables from seeds.
50+ Winter Gardening Projects to Tackle in the Off Season
Winter gardening tips: Cold weather garden projects to tackle during the off-season. These are almost as good as digging in the dirt!
Cooperative Extension: Expert Help, (Mostly) No Charge
The cooperative extension system, affiliated with universities across the USA, are a great source of expert information for gardeners, canners, and cooks.
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author and certified Master Food Preserver, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
My book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (National Geographic Books) was awarded the best how-to book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Here at Attainable Sustainable, I encourage readers to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
