soon to be vacant greenhouse and spud patch

[dave45]

My greenhouse crops are coming to an end and my spud patch has been dug out and raked over... should I plant something now or leave them idle until spring?. If so, then what?

You can tell I am new to this ! but willing to learn

[snapdragon]

Seems a waste to leave them - could you sow quick salads in the greenhouse and something overwintering - or even green manure in the spud plot?

There's a post somewhere headed 'what can I plant now?' I think, where there were a lot of ideas

[Millymollymandy]

Still time to sow some radishes and coriander for winter use, but it depends whether you have space elsewhere or not. I'd leave the plot bare so that you can dig some compost or manure into it then it will be ready to rock and roll next spring, without needing any more heavy work doing to it. If you grow a green manure then you've got to dig over the whole area again.

[Mrs Moustoir]

I've recently planted some coriander, rocket and fast growing oriental salad leaves in my greenhouse border.
The oriental leaves are useful as you can eat them either as salads, stir-fried or steamed.

[Odsox]

As far as your greenhouse is concerned you could do what I'm going to do today ... just as soon as I get off my backside and get moving
Today I'm sowing some Lettuce - All Year Round and some Spring Onion - White Lisbon Winter Hardy, they will provide salads for my missus's lunch box from January onwards.
Later, when I clear my centre polytunnel bed, probably next month, I shall sow a long(ish) row of early peas (Early Onward) which all being well should produce a welcomed crop by mid April, but will be finished before next years tomatoes need to go in. See http://www.selfsufficientish.com/forum/ ... 12&t=13732
Also Carrots (Amsterdam Forcing) and still time for Spring Cabbage which will be earlier and cleaner than outdoor ones. If you still have some early potatoes, put some in buckets for an extra early crop (not in the border soil though as you could get blight and jeopardise your tomato growing).
Strawberries do very well under glass, plants will be available soon and will produce ripe fruit from late April onwards.
Another overlooked quick crop is turnip, sown thickly for greens rather than the root, as can Rapini if you like the taste.

My view is that greenhouses and polytunnels should NEVER be out of production, too valuable an asset for that to happen.

Out in the garden you could sow more early peas (Douce Provence or Meteor) and overwintering broad beans, plus overwintering onion sets ... another job I must do today.