Kitchen Garden

TOUGH BUT TENDER

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the winter garden must be a barren place; not much to offer in the way of harvests. Yet besides winter hardy crops like leeks, Brussels sprouts and cabbages, it is possible to pick your own delicious green salads through much of the cold season. (See pages 46-49 for more potential late crops to sow now.)

It is true to say that it can be difficult to make things grow through the cold winter months and the trick is to get plants well established by

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