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Thursday, 09 February 2012 01:00

Written by Doug Oster

A few weeks ago I sowed some left over tatsoi seed in my unheated greenhouse. I wasn't sure when (or if) it would germinate, but my friend Niki Jabbour told me not to worry. She's the author of The Year Round Vegetable Gardener. 

I discovered tatsoi last season, it's a wonderful green from the cole crop family which includes cabbage, broccoli and lots of other varieties. My family loves it raw in salads and it's indestructible in cold weather.

Well she Niki was right, I was so surprised on this snowy day to discover the bright green sprouts.

Once they put on their true leaves, I'll transplant them into a bigger container.

Now that the days are getting longer, I'll sow some other cool loving crops like lettuce, arugula and other greens in the greenhouse hoping for early harvests.

The plants I sowed in the fall looked awful a few weeks ago, but after transplanting them into a window box they've been resurrected.

Can you see the one little lettuce plant in the back right corner, don't have any idea where that came from.

These plants will just sit there when it gets really cold, but will fill their pots as soon as outside temperatures reach 45. When the sun comes out the greenhouse will hit 80.

It's been a strange winter and the wet snow covered the forest with a layer of snow.

As the sun set, it shot a couple pictures from my front door.

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