Here is our guide to growing the vegetable we grow. In our how to guides we go through varieties we grow, when we grow them, how we care for them and common issue.
Winter Vegetables to Grow; What We Are Growing
![Broccoli, like this romanesco broccoli is something we really enjoy and love about winter vegetables](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Broccoli-like-this-romesco-broccoli-is-something-we-really-enjoy-and-love-about-winter-vegetables.jpg)
Here is a list of what winter vegetables and varieties we are growing
How to Grow Beetroot
![Beetroot do very well multisown](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Beetroot-do-very-well-multisown.jpg)
Beetroot is a versatile and easy to grow vegetable. You can use it in a salad, burger, pasta or anything else your imagination would like. The deep, earthy flavour can be a feature of a dish or a nice accompaniment.
How to Grow Black Spanish Radish
![Black spanish radish ready for picking](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Black-spanish-radish-ready-for-picking-768x1024.jpg)
This year we were excited to grow our first crop of black spanish radish. Our priorities at Backyard Gardening Australia are vegetables that are low maintenance and easy to grow and the black spanish radishes fit the bill perfectly. The bonus was how ridiculously tasty they are in cooking!
How to Grow Broccoli: Learn to grow the broccoli bounty
![Broccoli grown in the aquaponics](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Broccoli-grown-in-the-aquaponics-e1696111811692.jpg)
Broccoli is a cool-season vegetable and belongs to the brassica family and is another favourite of ours to grow. It is a great producer as the one plant can yield several heads.
How to Grow Cabbage
![A nice cabbage head starting to form on our Savoy cabbage](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/A-nice-cabbage-head-starting-to-form-on-our-Savoy-cabbage.jpg)
Cabbage is one of the vegetables that not everyone loves, but it has many uses. Cabbage can be eaten raw or cooked and can also be fermented into sauerkraut which can be kept for a long time. I like cabbage thinly sliced, steamed with butter, salt, pepper and with a dash of apple cider vinegar.
How To Grow Capsicums: Tips and Techniques for Success
![This sweet banana pepper is a favourite of mine, not only does it taste great but it looks great as well.](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/This-sweet-banana-pepper-is-a-favourite-of-mine-not-only-does-it-taste-great-but-it-looks-great-as-well.jpg)
Capsicums are summer crop and have many uses. They can be used in salads, roasted or pickled. Here is our tips and techniques for growing capsicums successfully.
How to Grow Carrots
![A nice harvest of carrots](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/A-nice-harvest-of-carrots.jpg)
Carrots are a divisive vegetable in our household, but they can add great flavours to dishes. Daniel had no trouble growing carrots when he was young but a couple of decades later his carrot growing attempts were the butt of the family jokes.
How to Grow Cauliflowers: The Complete Guide from Seed to Table
![Fresh cauliflowers, they are such a tasty versatile vegetable](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Fresh-cauliflowers-they-are-such-a-tasty-versatile-vegetable.jpg)
Cauliflowers are a very versatile vegetable, but can be a little difficult to grow. Here is our complete guide from seed to table on how to grow cauliflowers.
How to Grow Celeriac
![Giant-prague-celeriac-growing-well-](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Giant-prague-celeriac-growing-well-.jpg)
Celeriac is always something I have wanted to try to grow right from a kid, but because they are not well known or widely used, I have not prioritised growing them.
How to Grow Rainbow Chard: The Ultimate Guide to Growing a Leafy Green
![Rainbow chard grows extremely well in the aquaponics](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rainbow-chard-grows-extermely-well-in-the-aquaponics.jpg)
Rainbow chard is a easy to grow to grow vegetable with many health benefits. Here is our ultimate guide to growing rainbow chard.
How to Grow Cucumber
![National pickling cucumbers ready for pickling](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/National-pickling-cucumbers-ready-for-pickling-e1696112496639-1024x1021.jpg)
Cucumbers: from the heart of a summer salad, pickled or just freshly sliced, why wouldn’t you grow want to grow your own fresh cucumbers?
How to Grow Garlic: The Ultimate Growing Guide
![Once garlic is growing it require very little maintenance](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Once-garlic-is-growing-it-require-very-little-maintenance.jpg)
Garlic is one of those essential items when cooking in the kitchen and in the gardening world similar to tomatoes your gardening skill is rated on how well you can grow garlic.
How to Grow Jerusalem Artichokes: Learn to Grow a Nutritional Powerhouse
![Jerusalem Artichoke flowers](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Jerusalem-Artichoke-flowers-e1696112721240.jpg)
Jerusalem artichoke is also known as sunchoke, earth apple and sunroot and produces an edible tuber similar looking to ginger.
How to Grow Kale
![Red russian, black tuscan and curly kale growing together](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Red-russian-black-tuscan-and-curly-kale-growing-together.jpeg)
Kale has earned its reputation of being a superfood by being rich in vitamins, magnesium, iron and anti-oxidants.
How to Grow Kohlrabi
![Kohlrabi grown in the Aquaponics](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kohlrabi-grown-in-the-Aquaponics-750x1024.jpg)
Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea gongylodes)belongs to the brassica family but produces a turnip-like bulb on its stem. Both the bulb and leaves are edible and it makes a great substitute for potatoes.
How to Grow Lettuce
![Scatter-sown-lettuce](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Scatter-sown-lettuce-e1696113764666.jpeg)
Lettuce is a very easy to grow vegetable and is one of the most used vegetables for salads. They will just about grow anywhere, whether it’s in your garden bed or little pot on the patio. Lettuce is a quick-growing crop, so they are perfect for sowing into your garden when you have space free.
How to Grow Mangel Wurzel
![White Mangel Wurzel](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/White-Mangel-Wurzel-e1696114017842-1024x1019.jpg)
Have you ever heard of Mangel wurzel? Neither had we until recently. After researching we decided to try growing it this past winter and were surprised at how easy it was to grow. Mangel wurzel is also known as fodder beet, mangold, mangel beet and field beet and belong to the same family as beetroot and chard.
How to Grow Nasturtium
![Nasturtiums certainly brighten up the garden](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Nasturtiums-certianly-brighten-up-the-garden.jpg)
Nasturtiums, they practically grow like weeds in our garden, however they are very useful and versatile plant to grow. Their leaves, flowers and peas are all edible.
How to Grow Onions From Seed to Harvest : The Essential Guide
![Onions do very well grown in groups of 3 or 4](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Onions-do-very-well-grown-in-groups-of-3-or-4-e1679135587709.jpg)
Onions is one of those vegetables that works it way into just about every meal. Growing your onions in your backyard garden is super simple, here is our guide on how to grow onions from seed to harvest.
How to Grow Parsnip
![Freshly harvested parsnips](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Freshly-harvested-parsnips-796x1024.jpg)
Despite lots of people struggling with growing parsnips, we have always found them easy to grow. Parsnips are a long-term crop and take 17 to 20 weeks before they are ready for harvest. Parsnips are delicious roasted, added to mash potato or in a soup and also are a good source of fibre, folate, manganese and vitamin c.
How to Grow Potatoes: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Tasty Tubers
![Growing potatoes can be very rewarding and successful if you do the preparation](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Growing-potatoes-can-be-very-rewarding-and-successful-if-you-do-the-preparation.jpg)
Growing potatoes can be very easy and rewarding. Every time you dig up a potatoes when harvesting them, it’s like you have found gold. Here is how we grow our potatoes with great success.
How to Grow Pumpkins
![Our pumpkin harvest 2021](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Our-pumpkin-harvest-2021-scaled-e1696114242865-1024x1016.jpg)
Pumpkins are a great vegetable to grow in the garden, they are easy to grow, keep for a long time and the golden flesh they have is just delicious whether it’s roasted, in a soup or a salad.
How to Grow Rock Melon
![Here is a picture of a ripe rock melon, it has distinct webbing, you could smell it and it fell off from the vine](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Here-is-a-picture-of-a-ripe-rock-melon-it-has-distinct-webbing-you-could-smell-it-and-it-fell-off-from-the-vine.jpg)
Rock melon are a easy plant to grow, but require a bit of space to sprawl out along the ground. They also can be grown vertically.
How to Grow and Care for Snow Peas
![Snow peas are really easy to grow and kids love picking them](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Snow-peas-are-really-easy-to-grow-and-kids-love-picking-them.jpg)
Snow peas are great plant to grow in the garden that requires minimal fuss. Kids also love growing and picking them. Learn how to grow and care for your snow peas
How to Grow Sweet Corn
![A basket full of sweet corn, what else could you want!](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/A-basket-full-of-sweet-corn-what-else-could-you-want.jpg)
As a kid one of my favourite things to grow in summer was sweet corn. From planting the large seed and watching them grow quickly into plants that were taller than your head, then picking the cobs, peeling back the fresh husk to reveal a bright yellow sweet corn and then having them hot for tea with butter and salt.
How to Grow Tomatoes
![A roma tomato loaded with tomatoes](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/A-roma-tomato-loaded-with-tomatoes.jpeg)
In the gardening world, it seems everyone rates your gardening skills by how well you can grow tomatoes. Tomatoes themselves are not necessarily hard to grow but are prized by the gardener. Once you have had organically homegrown tomatoes to eat, you’re never going back.
How to Grow Zucchini
![Gold Rush Zucchini](https://backyardgardeningaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Gold-rush-zucchini-1024x960.jpg)
Over the warmer months zucchini become one of our staples and can be used widely from raw in salad to chips or roasted.