Most brassicas and many other winter vegetable are too big to be grown in containers, but kale and chard are perfect for pots.
Grown alongside oriental leaves such as pak choi, which thrives in similarly shady conditions, it will provide leafy pickings all winter long. Asparagus peas, covered in delightful brick-red flowers, add colour and the pods can be harvested young and sliced finely into salads.
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