How to Grow Winter Salads

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Decide where you will grow your winter salads.

   If you live in a very cold climate, you will need to grow the plants indoors.
   
   This can be easily done provided you have a space near a window somewhere so that the plants can get sunlight each day.
   
   Choose pots that will fit in your home and make sure that you have non-leaking saucers under each pot.
   
   For those lucky enough to be able to keep growing during winter, plant your winter salad vegetables in the garden bed as usual.
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   Step 2: Select the winter salad plants that you will grow.

   There is a wide selection of plants suitable for growing at wintertime.
   
   These include:
   Lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta)
   - this is also known as corn salad.
   
   It is a very popular salad green in Europe, where it is also known as mache.
   
   Cos lettuces are a good choice
   - look for miniature varieties if you are growing indoors, as well as the heirloom varieties such as "Rouge d'hiver".
   
   Chicory
   - this is a slightly bitter salad green that adds life to a winter salad.
   
   Rocket/arugula
   - always a salad favourite at any time of year , Cover against frost if you are growing outdoors and be sure not to let salad vegetables dry out if grown in a heated environment indoors. , If you stagger your planting, you should be able to have a crop of winter salads continuously through winter and into spring.
   
   Freshly picked food is always the very best for our health.
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   Step 3: Keep watered as usual and fertilize as needed.

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   Step 4: Harvest as needed.

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