Gardening Photos From Our Garden – December 2023

December started cold, as in freezing, with lots of snow. And the snow stayed with us for almost two weeks. Come mid-month, we could once again see the ground and temperatures stabilized around a fairly high of 5 degrees Celsius / 41 degrees Fahrenheit.

All gardening has been indoors, and my hydroponic grow buckets and hydroponic kits produce leafy greens and fresh herbs. I have also started a few PET bottle Kratky setups with basil plants. Fun and it works well. I have shot a short video and will publish it when I find the time.

And then there are my Microgreens. I am a bit of a Microgreen nut. It is so easy to grow. Buying the seeds in bulk gives you fresh greens for much less than you would spend buying small packets at the grocery store.

I will write a DIY guide on how I use re-purposed food-safe containers to grow Microgreens at some point this month. Hint: I use different-sized containers and have lots of small portion-size microgreen gardens growing around the house.

This year, I am growing Microgreen pea shoots, broccoli, and radish shoots. Gives me bulk and flavor.

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Gardening photos December 2023

Gardening photo of the week: 25 December – 31 December 2023

Handful of radish microgreen seeds
Handful of radish microgreen seeds
Happy Holidays
Daisy says Happy Holidays!
Re-purposing food-safe containers for growing microgreens
Re-using food-safe containers for growing microgreens
Nibe pump acting as heating mat for microgreens
Nibe pump as a heating mat for microgreens

Gardening photo of the week: 18 December – 24 December 2023

Kratky PET bottle hydroponic basil
PET Kratky hydroponic basil plant
Flowering hydroponic arugula (white flowers)
White flowers on hydroponic arugula plant
Algae in PET bottle
Algae in PET bottle (hydroponics)
Hydroponic chilli, basil and tomato plants
Hydroponic tomatoes, hot peppers, and basil

Gardening photo of the week: 11 December – 17 December 2023

Microgreen pea shoots in portion-sized cup
Portion-size container with Microgreen pea shoots.
Microgreen radish
Microgreen radish under full-spectrum grow lights in our kitchen.
Microgreen pea shoots under grow light in our kitchen
Microgreen peas shoots under grow light in our kitchen.
Microgreen broccoli
Microgreen broccoli under full-spectrum grow lights in our kitchen.

Gardening photo of the week: 4 December – 10 December 2023

Soaking pea shoot Microgreen seeds before planting
Soaking the Microgreen pea shoot seeds speeds up germination.
Hydroponic basil in a PET bottle Kratky setup
Hydroponic basil in PET bottle Kratky setup.
Microgreen seeds germinating under plastic and full spectrum grow lights
I use full-spectrum grow lights for all Microgreens.
Microgreen broccoli and radish seeds
Buying Microgreen seeds in bulk saves money.