Sandy - I haven't grown lettuce in the ground here but it do grow some small ones in the little GH over winter. I did let some radishes go to seed (as pitiful as the more mature plants were). I did harvest the top of a curly kale plant earlier. If the roots winter over and it regrows in the spring, it will probably go to flower early and I'll let it self-sow. Currently growing kale over chard taste-wise as I don't have room for both.