Get ready to grow broccoli and spinach

With good preparation, you can have your own abundant harvest of fresh, nutritious vegetables through autumn and winter. Get started with broccoli and English spinach.

Grow radishes all year round

Radishes can be grown pretty much all year round in most climates; they are an especially tasty option to plant when you start to pull out your summer vegetables.

Lettuces all year round

With the variety of lettuce plants available, you should never be without colourful, fresh leaves to add to your salads.

Fill your garden with greens

Lush, prodigious, multicoloured, nutritious: learn all about the rich tapestry of silverbeet (or chard by any other name).

Fennel forever

Grow fabulous fennel with these expert tips – it has a wide range of uses in the kitchen. Plus, a recipe for fennel butter.

From garden to kitchen: celery

Celery is a versatile plant worth adding to your vegie patch, especially as its nutritious leaves, stems and seeds are all edible.

Lovely leeks

Leeks are best planted in autumn and winter so they can then happily grow and provide you with tasty ingredients for soups and pies.

Our favourite winter crops

Our writers love growing all sorts of fresh veg in their gardens but we discovered that they do have favourite plants. Here are the top winter picks from three of our long-term contributors.

Top tip for growing asparagus

Growing asparagus may take some time, but the reward is worth it! This tip will help you get started.

Grow: celtuce

Celtuce looks like cos lettuce on a long stem – add it to your garden for a tasty addition to your menu.

Grow more peas, please

Peas need a fair amount of sunlight for a good harvest, and following these ideas for growing up can give them what they need.

Saving seeds: pumpkins

Pumpkin seeds are not just a tasty snack, if you store them properly you will have a supply of seeds to plant for up to four years.