Autumn fruitsThree of the best autumn fruits are Feijoa (aka Pineapple Guava), Persimmon and Quince.Feijoa Feijoa sellowianaDescription: The overwhelming fragrance of this fruit will often be your introduction to this fruit, like mango the fruit has a distinct fragrance that permeated the kitchen!Size: Often described as a small...
Autumn is the time to get busy in your vegie patch. Its time to heave out tired old summer crops of tomatoes/beans/eggplant and get ready for the next cool-season crops. Some of the smaller fruiting varieties of tomato may still be yielding reasonably well so make the most of them now and and get ready to make way for broad bean...
Brussels Sprouts The much-derided Brussels sprout is delicious when grown fresh and cooked quickly. Here’s how. But time is of the essence, if you don't get them in by the end of the month - it'll be too late. Apparently Brussels sprouts are Britain's most hated vegetable. The 2002 survey that publ...
Passionfruit Passionfruit is one of the classic flavours of summer and the vine is a boon for home gardeners. You can plan on a great harvest just 18 months after planting if you follow Linda's tips. Passionfruit are evergreen climbers that love to ramble over fences, sheds and outhouses, or up a veranda, pergola or scree...
The majority of the cool season vegies patch is given over to the Brassica family - cabbages, kales, broccoli and sprouts. These easy-to-grow veg do best in a sunny position in well-drained, moist soil that has been enriched with well-rotted manure. The leafy Brassicas appreciate some nitrogen so are good grown where legumes suc...
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