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I am trying to setup a winter salad garden in pots. I have already planted seven 1x2’ pots with lettuce, carrots, cherry tomatoes, radish, and beets. Any further ideas or suggestions?

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Turnips! The roots are excellent sliced thin and sauteed in butter, goes well in soups, and they work well made like mashed potatoes.

Mustard greens are yummy, excellent instead of lettuce on a sandwich. Good mixed in a salad or mixed as wilted greens and onions topping off a plate of rice.

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Spinach, arugula, kale, collards, snow peas, Swiss chard

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I've got my lettuce and spinich planted for hopeful late Oct./early Nov. harvest. Also about to plant red radishes, I did them in early spring and it went well so doing it again for autumn harvest. My daikons died, so that won't come to fruition, but hoping for these to work.

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As a compromise I planted a pot of mixed greens. I also planted a pot of onions. I have located another planter. I will get something into it tonight.

I have been preparing my garden for next spring, so I am thinking about planting a bed of kale as well.

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John F Dean wrote:I am trying to setup a winter salad garden in pots. I have already planted seven 1x2’ pots with lettuce, carrots, cherry tomatoes, radish, and beets. Any further ideas or suggestions?

Why cherry tomatoes? I'll admit I'm confused, because if you have frost free winters, you have many more options, and if you don't, those tomatoes will die.

I'm focusing on greens this year- lettuce, spinach, chard, kale, etc. I was thinking of doing indoor dwarf tomatoes though.

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Hi Andie,

We don’t have frost free winters. At least one night at 10 below F can be counted on. I am planting in 2 sq ft planters. This is the largest that can be moved indoors with some degree of ease. I hope I can keep them outside until 11/1. If they keep producing greens until 1/25 I will consider my effort a success.

Currently, I have 9 planters….so indoor window space is a concern.

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