Vegetables

Learn how to grow tomatoes from seed with this back-to-basics tutorial. The best gardening tips to growing tomatoes in your own garden.

Capsicums and chillies from seed Capsicums and chillies are close relatives grown for different ends, and they want the same things: warmth, a long...

Why cucumbers turn bitter Planting cucumbers beside sunflowers does not make them sweeter. Bitterness comes from cucurbitacins, natural compounds t...

Prepare your garden Put the plant support in the bed before you sow. Most squash can be grown upright, which saves space and keeps the leaves off t...

Okra in the Australian garden Abelmoschus esculentus, or okra, is an increasingly popular summer vegetable here. It usually starts setting pods abo...

What Egyptian spinach is Corchorus olitorius answers to many names: Egyptian spinach, molokhia, mulukhiyah, jute mallow, saluyot and nalta jute. It...

A root crop that asks very little Beetroot, Beta vulgaris, is a root vegetable also known as red beet, garden beet and table beet. It suits a small...

Asian greens in the cool season patch A stir fry lover can keep a garden productive right through the cool months with a bed of Asian greens. Pak c...

Cabbage is a cool season crop, not a summer one Cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. capitata, is a cole crop: a green, white or red biennial that home ...

Why peas are worth a bed The sugars in a fresh pea begin turning to starch within hours of picking, which is why a homegrown pea tastes sweeter tha...

A hardy cool season bean Vicia faba, the broad bean, is a vetch, and its closest garden relatives are peas and lentils. Despite the shared name it ...