If your home is green inside, the outside might not feel so bad. But how do you keep plants alive in winter? | Sarah Lawrence for Vox

A very basic guide to indoor winter gardening, according to experts.

Winter will suck. We gathered some of Vox’s coziest minds to help you make it suck less.

So you’ve acquired a houseplant during the Covid-19 pandemic. Or several. Or dozens.

You’re certainly not alone. Next to cultivating sourdough, gardening has become one of the most popular Covid-19 pandemic hobbies across the United States as people spend more time at home, overwhelming plant nurseries that are still trying to maintain social distancing precautions.

“I can tell you that we have seen worldwide interest in gardening that has approximately doubled in terms of individual participation from 2019 to 2020,” said Dave Whitinger, executive director of the