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Some vegetables do well indoors in a southern window, particularly such leafy green as lettuce and fast crops as radishes. However, with sufficient light, tomatoes will give crops throughout the winter. Try small fruited Varieties for greatest success.
Many herbs also are welcome additions to the winter window garden. Chives, parsley, and thyme wjll grow well and receive frequent use.
If plants are not already in containers, you have three options for bringing them inside for winter culture. Some can be potted directly from the garden, others can be easily propagated from cuttings and still others perform best if started from seed.
There are several difficulties in attempting to pot plants directly from the garden. One is that many of the plant’s roots are lost in the process, necessitating severe pruning of the plant to compensate.
The soil in which the plants are grown outside is considerably heavier and does not drain as well as potting mix. This becomes a problem in winter when the plant requires less water and the soil tends to waterlog and extra care must be exercised to develop a proper watering regime. Despite these difficulties, I’ve had success in transplanting a number of garden plants including begonias, chives and other herbs.
Perhaps the easiest way to bring plants inside is by making cuttings. Cuttings started in August and early September would make attractive, bushy pot plants before frost kills the parent plant. Make extra cuttings as gifts for friends.
Take a three-to six-inch cutting and place it in a
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