Alaska gardening: Your setup for winter indoor growing can be as simple as a double fluorescent shop light with a timer that costs less than $25.
OK, I just have to do it. I would be shirking my responsibilities if I did not. So, with apologies to the one or two readers who have actually complied, let me note that now is the time to set up winter grow lights indoors. Regardless of the weather outside, the shortening days mark the time.
So every year, I write a column trying to get more of you to use lights and grow plants in the winter. It is always my hope that every Alaska gardener would recognize we can grow plants during these winter months. I would love to see our nurseries cater to winter gardeners, not just supplying houseplants that make it so we don’t need vacations in tropical isles. I wish we
Setting up the lights is the easy part. You can go to a “grow” store or one of the local hardware outlets and get a system suitable for your needs. You can easily get away with this attitude if you live someplace where they don’t have to endure darkness with such a long duration. Here, we can’t. So some of us have embraced the difference and create at least a small space where we can send our houseplants away for a vacation from time to time or grow some vegetables, herbs or annual flowers, too.
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