How to Grow Vegetables

Here is a list of what winter vegetables and varieties we are growing

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rainbow chard is a easy to grow to grow vegetable with many health benefits. Here is our ultimate guide to growing rainbow chard.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.