https://www.homestead.org/gardening/growing-food-year-round-on-a-cold-climate-homestead/ Learn Homesteading Skills Online Fri, 09 Dec 2022 19:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.homestead.org/gardening/growing-food-year-round-on-a-cold-climate-homestead/#comment-38647 Sat, 12 Dec 2020 23:47:02 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/?p=14312#comment-38647 I’ve tried so many things in the 40 years I”ve been homesteading off grid in northern Minnesota, where the temps can drop to 40 below and the days are short and dark for weeks on end. The best solution for us has been sprouts for greens and storage of what we’ve grown…Our pit greenhouse works well, but must be augmented with heat…and light. Too much hassle for us, and often not productive. We do a lot to extend our seasons…but the depths of winter are out…for many years we go to Mexico so we can eat fresh…but 2020 has been a lot different.

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