Repurposing a Boot Tray for Houseplants

Two new things happened in my house after I moved from a perennially mild climate to a cold and snowy climate: boot trays and overwintered houseplants. Lots of overwintered houseplants.

In fact, they’re not even houseplants in the sense of peace lilies or mother-in-law’s tongue (low-light varieties that live inside all year), but plants like bloody dock. And mint. And lemongrass. They’re plants that moved with us to Oregon after we dug them out of our California garden, and they’ve been hibe...