Dakota Gardener: Gardening in the Winter
Esther McGinnis, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension
Gardening catalogs are arriving in the mailbox and my inbox is flooded with emails from seed companies touting the newest vegetable cultivars.
I’m starting to get the itch to get my hands dirty, but my garden is covered in 6 inches of snow.
What can a gardening addict do? Grow microgreens indoors!
Pioneered by the Chicago chef Charlie Trotter, microgreens are young, densely seeded vegetables or herbs that are grown in containers for one to four weeks before being harvested. Microgreens are sometimes called vegetable confetti and are a flavorful and nutritious topping for sandwiches, soups, pizzas and salads.