In the Green Midwinter: Hydroponic Garden Yields Indoor Goodness

The weather outside may be frightful, but inside Carroll Hall, a new ministry is yielding leafy goodness. In cooperation with Christ Church in Teaneck, a new group under the tutelage of Gardening Guild chair Pat Pacheco is using a hydroponic garden to grow lettuce which is then donated to the clients of Christ Church’s food pantry.

The seedlings are started out in small sponges and must be nurtured carefully before placed in the apparatus with provides them with moisture and light. Our first crop of bibb lettuce was harvested just before Christmas. Next we will try more robust varieties: Parris Island romaine and Emral Oak lettuces.