Veg growers - what do you grow in the autumn/ winter?

[SuperBunny]

I think the climate here means I can't grow anything much but I was wondering what other people do. I'd like to have a go at something.

[noonki]

here - UK - can plant garlic/winter lettuce stuff and we have purple sprouting broccoli
planted in May but will produce hopefully in November

thanks I forgot to plant my garlic till I saw this!

[SuperBunny]

OOo, garlic. Good idea. How do you know when it is ready?

[missingtheaction]

where is here? why can't you grow anything much?

must get my garlic in

also overwintering onions/japanese onions, you might be able to buy some winter cabbage too

broad beans? not sure, I hate them so don't grow them!

mostly i grow cuttings and set seeds in the greenhouse and snuggle up by the fire reading Garden Porn (aka seed catalogues, articles about Monty Don and Dan Pearson etc)

[WelliesAndPyjamas]

I grow nothing except for an extra layer of fat, mainly on my backside . We have deep snow all winter and nothing grows. Why not ask your neighbours whether they grow anything successfully over the winter?

[woodstock3]

also is there anything i can grow overwinter in pots? have done salads, beans, strawbs and tomatoes in summer but a bit stumped for pots over winter except winter lettuces....would garlic be ok in a pot?

[SuperBunny]

Here is Chicago - we have 5 months of snow.
I too tend toward a layer of flab on my backside. I think snuggling up with porn is a good idea

I have grown garlic in a pot before but I didn't eat it. Not sure why. It looked pretty though.