Lactuca Sativa Family: Asteracea One of the world’s most popular vegetables of which there are thousands of varieties. Lettuce is […]
Solanum lycopersicumFamily: Solanaceae Ah the red in red-blooded, the wonderful ubiquitous tomato. How on earth did the Italians identify as […]
Raphanus sativus Family: Brassicaceae If you haven’t ever tried to grow food for yourself here is your new best friend. […]
This month will be your absolute last chance to sow some summer crops for autumn harvest, so slip, slop, slap […]
This worksheet includes two tables which should help you to identify what pest/s are effecting your vegetables. The first table identifies […]
Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon Family: Fabaceae The Fabaceae family is the third largest family of flowering plants in the world […]
Brassica oleraceae (capitata group) Family: Brassicaceae Cabbage is a very versatile vegetable and can be pickled, eaten raw or cooked, […]
Predator insects can do our pest control work for us by controlling the numbers of pest insects in our VEG […]
There are still plenty of green tomatoes around and plenty of apples too, try this chutney recipe from Nathan’s mum […]
Ahh March, time to launch a full scale (whoa back, also a well planned) attack on your veggie patch! Planting, […]
What to plant in May With the changing of the seasons, our advice remains much the same as for April. […]
Dogs do it, we all do it! If you have a canine companion you will know that along with the […]
