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Drew Swainston

I Grow Leafy Greens Through Winter Every Year – 5 Ways I Protect Them From Frost to Keep Delicious Harvests Coming in the Colder Months

Red and green lettuce leaves growing in a raised vegetable bed.

It might be cold outside, but winter is still a time for homegrown harvests. Hardy greens will grow during the colder months, and you can keep those harvests coming for longer by overwintering leafy greens under a row cover, cloche, or cold frame.

Hardy winter leafy greens such as spinach, collard greens, winter lettuce, Swiss chard, pak choi, mizuna, and mustards can all provide late harvests of nutritious, tasty leaves at a time when offerings from the vegetable garden can be a bit more limited. Even in milder climates, a few simple steps to overwinter leafy greens can ensure a fantastic harvest throughout December and January.

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