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.

As human habitats expand, butterflies’ natural habitats are dwindling. Which means that creating a welcoming environment for butterflies in your garden isn’t just a lovely thing to do – it’s also positively valuable.