We finally got some rain!

And in typical Mother Nature fashion, it hasn’t stopped raining. Isn’t that how it always goes?

The garden is going bonkers, and we’re trying to get things picked in the moments when it stops raining. Much like the dry spell, this too shall pass.  

I was just wondering if you have started planning your indoor garden. 

You know, for this winter.

I was getting new tires put on my car at Walmart the other week, so I had some time to kill. I ended up wandering around the garden center. (Shocking, I know.) They had a huge stack of kids’ raised bed planters on clearance. They were cute little things, about 1.5’ x 2.5 ft., and I thought, “Hmm.” So, one came home with me.  

Unfortunately, where I live, the climate isn’t exactly conducive to growing things outside all the time. So, over the past few years, I’ve been getting more creative at growing vegetables in my home. I’ve even tried to get them to blend in with my décor.

Is that a houseplant on your end table?  

And if you’re a sufferer of Seasonal Affective Disorder (Hi, friend.), having some extra lights on can help you out too. Not just your plants.

Last year, I bought a stylish brass lamp at Target - a 3-head globe lamp. And I put grow light bulbs in each head. My houseplants never enjoyed such a sunny winter. This just goes to show that you don’t have to have some bulky, ugly plant light set up to enjoy green, growing things in your home all year long.

As grocery prices rise, it’s nice to know, as gardeners, that we aren’t limited by the seasons in our ability to grow food. All it takes is a few hidden grow lightbulbs, and you’re good to grow.

Have you considered growing a few veggies indoors in the winter? 

If not, I highly suggest you give it a try. There’s nothing nicer than harvesting a beautiful head of bibb lettuce in the middle of January.