An Alaska Winter Garden

September 17, 2015 Jim Lister

Have you thought about a winter garden in Alaska? No kidding winter comes much sooner than we all would like, but that doesn't mean you have to give up growing food at home…

Winter Salad in Wasilla

January 9, 2013 Jim Lister

I am trying out some dwarf tomatoes indoors under grow lights this winter. I have Red Robin, Tiny Tim, and Micro Tom growing in pots…

Fresh Garden Salad in December!

December 28, 2011 Jim Lister

Just a quick update about my winter salad garden. It is doing fine and I have been picking tomatoes and lettuce for about 3 weeks now.

It sure is nice to have fresh salad in December...

My plant rack is working well and I have been looking into a more permanent system that would be a self contained small plant stand with built in grow light and water reservoir. Maybe something akin to a small scale Alaska Grow Buckets system. But my simple setup has been working just fine.

So let it snow outside all it wants I am still gardening here in Alaska and that sure helps to beat some of the cabin fever that develops during our long winter season up here - and fresh salad sure is nice.