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Saturday Spotlight – Green Sprouting Broccoli – Calabrese
I thought for this weeks spotlight I would highlight a plant which I am both sowing and planting out (to ensure a reasonable succession) at the moment rather than one I am harvesting. Now I know a lot of people rave about Purple … Continue reading
Winter Brassica Round Up
I harvested my last remaining cauliflower last week which brought to a close the bulk of my brassica harvesting for this season. In Melbourne most brassicas are generally grown as winter crops. There are exceptions: radishes are grown all year, watercress … Continue reading
Posted in Brassicas, Summer Planting, Winter Harvesting
Tagged brassicas, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, kale
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Top 5: Brassicas
Vegetable gardening in Melbourne’s winter tends to be all about Brassicas, well Brassicas and alliums – but once you’ve planted your garlic and onions they just sit there slowly growing all winter and spring. The brassicas though actually produce in winter, so in … Continue reading
Penne with Broccoli
A bit of cool weather and the winter crops are starting to perform. Well those at my mum & dad’s are anyway. My brassicas are either very newly planted or in fairly sunless spots and stunted as a result. When I … Continue reading
Top 5: Things to plant in Autumn
The title of this post should probably read – Things to plant in Melbourne in Autumn, as all are well suited to a Melbourne winter. Having said that though, all these crops are frost tolerant and will grow in a broad … Continue reading
Posted in Alliums - Onions, Leeks, Garlic, Autumn Planting, Beans, Brassicas, Top 5
Tagged Broad Beans, Broccoli, Garlic, Onions etc, peas
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