I know, it's not exactly a good time to be sowing stuff. We actually plan to lay out some beds for spring shortly, once the compost has been turned and so on.

Musket, I've never got on very well with basil, I find once it's ready to pick, Summer's already gone. And then there's never enough of the stuff - harvest it, make some pesto and it's gone. Would it be worth growing it year round as a windowsill herb I wonder?

Garlic is a good one. We go through the stuff like no-one's business. Will try to get some ASAP.

I also think the green manure would be a sensible plan, can you treat the mustard as a salad green also? That would solve two questions in one.