Winter salad

You may be on first names terms, after-all they’ve been good friends for six months or more, but there comes a time when you have to accept that your greenhouse tomatoes need to be put into retirement.  No more fruit is going to form and those already on the vine are slow if not reluctant to ripen.  Another good reason to consider clearing the ground is to make use of the space through the winter and, with ground temperatures still relatively warm, germination of a new crop is often rapid.  For several years now we’ve planted a winter salad mix.  The results have been excellent and the ability to send guests by torchlight into the garden to pick a handful of leaves on a foggy midweek evening is wonderful.