Nicole Johnsey Burke plants peas, kale, spinach, radishes, and cilantro in freezing soil. Cold-grown kale tastes sweeter, and cilantro planted near cabbage keeps pests away. Start some indoors, direct sow others mixed with sand to spread evenly.
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I know, I know it's freezing outside, but if the soil is workable in your garden you can plant some seeds right now, starting with peas. I started these indoors around the new year and now they're ready to move out to the garden and start growing. Same with my Napa cabbage. You can grow these by seed planted directly in the garden, but I started these when I was super ambitious back in December. Kale grows great when it's still cold outside and the lower temps they actually make the flavor sweeter. Cilantro grows great by seed too, and you can plant these seeds right alongside your cabbage plants for pest protection. Radishes can be planted by seed right along the edge of your garden. They can hang on even when there's frost. Then mix some spinach seeds with sand and cover a whole bed with the seed. In just a few months you'll have homegrown garden to table meals all because you started when it was freezing outside.