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I love the snow we're having this week, but it does rather put paid to gardening. Harsh weather has made me all the more thankful for my lovely greenhouse - the only thing that's tempting me to the  bottom of the garden at the moment. After I took

ripping out the lawn and a whole herbaceous border - to be replaced by a gravel path, three raised beds and a greenhouse. No more mowing of the lawn (or arguments about why it hadn't been mown). If you're a busy person, it makes more sense to have

and flavour is 'Jermor'. This is also a French variety but unlike the 'Hative de Niort', 'Jermor' has a 'longue' shape with good storage life. If it's too cold outside and you have a cold greenhouse or cold frame, you can start shallots off now in 8cm plastic

and is tangier tasting than the dried version. If you have a greenhouse you can grow it in a pot, it will form buds pretty quickly and provide you with a harvest the following year. You can also grow turmeric indoors as a house plant. Plant tubers under cover