Winter harvests

crops are all the more speaal nmen terrmnms.
timeme to plant: spring-summer

Summer crops have to be harvested when they're ready. otherwise they go past their best. but the beauty of many wmter crops IS that they can be lefttostand mtheground sothatthey can be rarvested nght the way through to spring. Many favounte wxnter crops can stand until you need 1mm. and then you can take as many or as few as you want, leaving the rest for another day. Leeks and cabbages can be treated like this, aswenasBmssels sprouts, ifyou have room for them Tne mam prob'em is that if the ground becomes frozen, you may not be able to dig the crownsonwlateitwitha­ layerofstrawheld in place Wm Heece, we‘ghted wnh stones. Good vanehes Indude leeks ’Vama‘ and Mmmgh'; and cabbages ‘January ng' and TMra’.

TIP In xmld areas, carrots can be left in the ground and covered with straw over winter.

references: BBC 2011 gardeners book
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