How to grow green salads in your home garden

Your own homegrown vegetables taste much better and are fresher than any that you buy in the shops. Fruiting vegetables, like beans, tomatoes, capsicum and sweet corn, have the best flavour if they’re eaten as quickly as possible after harvest; leafy vegetables, such as lettuce, lose water and rapidly become limp, and all vegetables are more nutritious if they are consumed when as fresh as possible. Growing your own can save a considerable amount on food costs and will also give you a wider choice of vegetables.Unusual vegetables are often difficult to buy in shops, but are easily grown in the home garden. Lots of vegetables are ornamental so can be grown for their good looks as well as their produce.

In this video tutorial, you'll find instructions for growing salads in pots and other containers. For more information, or to get started growing your own garden greens, watch this horticultural how-to.