Too often the empty time in vegetable gardens during winter sees plots dug over with little growing until spring. Yet colder months can be productive, filling the vegetable gap from November to April. And well-chosen vegetables can even add colour to winter’s bleakness.
Winter vegetables need longer to develop than warm-weather crops, a drawback when space is limited and plants can’t occupy space for long. Making the most of winter needs planning to fit with rotations and earlier crops to give year round fresh vegetables.
ROOTING FOR ROOTS
Root vegetables are the traditional mainstays. Ever reliable parsnips are great for winter harvests as flavour improves with frost.
Planted in March they can be harvested as late as February but take up space for
