Winter in the midwest is the time for everyone to stay inside and wait until April before venturing outside, it’s too cold to go outside and play. In the southern hemisphere winter is the time for people to be outside and enjoy the nice weather. Over winter break I was lucky enough to take a 10 day trip to Ecuador and learn all about food sustainability. The winter season for them is when they start to plant their crops so that they will grow nice and large for picking season in the late summer.
This got me thinking about planting in the midwest in the winter. It is too cold to go outside and enjoy gardening, but it is the perfect time to start a small indoor garden of your own. Some very good indoor plants that are hard to kill are string of pearls, succulents, and prayer plant. Succulents are already very popular and famous for not needing much attention, but these other plants are also easy to keep alive and they will add some color to your room/house.
Other plants are nice to have in your home because they have a purpose. Some purify the air, some can calm you down. The Peace Lily and Snake plant are great for purifying the air, and they only need minimum light to keep alive, which is great for winter months when there isn’t much sunlight. Other plants like aloe and lavender are great to have to calm down and help you sleep.
The last type of plants that are great to have indoors all year round are edible plants. Some herbs that are easy to grow, and can be useful very often are basil, thyme, and parsley. These plants are easy to grow, and will be very useful when cooking. Another good plant to grow is mint, but that is a little harder to grow inside.
While winter is a time to stay inside, it doesn’t have to be the time to stop gardening. These are just some of the easiest indoor plants to grow, but there are almost unlimited options to start growing an indoor home garden.
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Thanks for sharing. If you want a houseplant like the Snake variety you mentioned by with more air purifying properties, I recommend Pothos. It removes toxins like formaldehyde, benzene, and xylene. I’ve written more about the subject here: https://www.gardenreviews.co.uk/plant-care/houseplants/7-unkillable-houseplants/
Wow, this was exactly the type of advice I needed – I live in Wyoming and the winters are unbearable but I don’t want that to sever my connection to nature. I had no idea where to start when it came to indoor plants, as I am an outdoors person, so I want to thank you bunches for putting this together! I love your list and the reasoning behind it! Again, thank you so much for sharing this awesome blog.
Thank you, jordan brown, for putting together everything in the raised garden bed for plants. I think you have covered all the major points in this article, i will share this with my network as well.
Finally! I’ve been looking everywhere for a good list of home gardening tips blogs that won’t straight out advertise their services. Thank you for doing the effort of coalescing these. I agree with most of the listed above. I’ve been through on these and today and I was so happy to learn those things you mentioned above. Thank you! Denver Arborist
you give such a great idea of gardening in the winter. in this way, we can enjoy winter by staying at home.