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…own of Chioggia, giving the most commonly grown variety its full name of Radiccio Rosso di Chioggia. Similar in form to a cabbage but with vibrant purple red leaves and stark white ribs. Eaten fresh, i…

…your sandy soil with nicely aged compost. Feeding beans is totally unnecessary except for a bit of blood and bone sprinkled around at planting time. Make sure seedlings don’t come in direct contact wit…

…sture to remain pest and problem free. A deep soaking, several times a week is ideal. Snails and slugs are HUGE fans of silverbeet. There are a couple of things you can do to ward off the inevitable in…

…sted, chipped, diced and sliced! Commonly used to make flour, which has the added bonus of being gluten free. Great as a thickener which doesn’t make the sauce go cloudy, thus excellent for fruit sauce…

…with some dedication and a frost free area you can keep them going over winter in Melbourne, but generally they are regarded as an annual. Cultivate the soil beforehand using plenty of compost, well-ro…

…rden bed. Add lots of manure and compost into the bed and it does well if planted after peas to benefit from the residual nitrogen. Sweetcorn needs a consistently moist soil to produce good juicy cobs,…