salad leaves

Red veined sorrel

Mustard -Golden streaks

Mustard -Southern Giant

Even in winter it's possible to gather enough salad and herb leaves to brighten up your shop bought lettuce-or alternatively grow your own. At the moment I'm picking three kinds of mustard,winter lettuce, salad burnett and red veined sorrel, growing under cover in a corner of the tunnel.
Start sorting through your seeds and plan what you are going to sow first.Here is that moment full of promise when you realise you can grow nearly anything you want, for no cost at all if you saved your seed last year.

The association Cultivons la biodiversité en Poitou-Charente is organising a seed exchange near Poitiers on the 27 feb for people who are interested in helping conserve ancient varieties.

Club Liseron is organising a practical session on 26 feb on how to construct a hot box (a victorian idea which enables you to sow earlier in the year).