In season early summer: New potatoes
The low-down
When it comes to potatoes, the texture and thickness of the skin...
How to grow your own tomatoes
Tomatoes are ideal container plants, offer a choice of over 1000 varieties and...
Edible garden: Salad greens
Trish Allen with a guide to growing your own salad greens.Salad greens would...
10 ways with canned corn
Here are 10 delicious reasons to keep canned corn in your pantry.
1. Fritter...
Extreme makeover: Mashed potato
Traditional mashed potato has lashings of cream and butter. But you don't need...
Grow your own garlic
Known for its many medicinal properties as well as its pungent smell, garlic...
How to grow globe artichokes
This unopened flower bud is perfect for decorative and edible purposes.Originating from the...
In season early summer: Cherries
There are three main types of cherries: sweet cherries, sour cherries and hybrids....
What to do with asparagus
There's much more to asparagus than its regular appearance at morning teas, rolled...
In season early summer: New potatoes
New potatoes are young potatoes not yet fully grown. Most ‘early’ new season...
In the garden: Cauliflower
Growing cauliflower doesn't require a lot of commitment and can provide a steady supply...
In the garden: Potatoes
Plant some potatoes mid-late October for a home-grown Christmas potato salad.Simple steps to...
What to do with pears
Tips and ideas for using the humble pear.The low-downAvailability: Most of the year,...
In season late spring: Edible flowers
For colour, elegance and delicate flavouring, add flower petals to salad greens.
Buying
Not all...
What to do with ginger
If you haven't tried fresh ginger yet, these ideas will inspire you.The low-downGinger...
Tips for getting kids to eat fruit and vegetables
Fruit and veges are inexpensive, healthy and delicious and too many of our...
Why you should eat kumara
In New Zealand, kumara is an age-old crop which remains a firm favourite...
