Imagine your garden being full of fresh vegetables all year round.  The secret? A continuous planting plan, good crop rotation and effective plant combinations. The never-ending veg plot is a concept you can apply anywhere, whether you’re growing in a raised bed, a traditional vegetable patch or a balcony garden.

When it comes to home-grown fresh salad greens for winter, lamb’s lettuce is what instantly springs to mind for most people. But that’s just one of a huge range of options. Here’s a quick tour of the salad varieties you could choose and how to grow them successfully outdoors without any heating – so that you can feast on your own home-grown fresh green salad all winter long.

Growing winter vegetables may sound like a modern idea but it’s actually a centuries-old practice that fell into neglect in recent decades.