Growing Broccoli Introduction Broccoli is a member of the Brassica family along with brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale and rocket. It is an annual plant which can be planted as …
Broccoli
Potatoes
Growing Potatoes Potatoes come in two main types – determinate and indeterminate. Determinate potatoes are varieties with tubers that grow in just one layer. For this reason, the plants do not …
Tomatoes
Article: Andy Hrast (COGS Quarterly – Summer 2021) History The tomato is the edible berry (it’s technically a berry rather than fruit) of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as …
Growing rockmelon from seed
Article and photos: Greta Nielsen (COGS Quarterly – Spring 2021) The sweetest rockmelons I’ve ever tasted in my life were grown in the deserts of far western China and Kazakhstan, …
How To Grow A Cabbage
Article: Jackie French (Canberra Organic – Spring 1995) I fell in love with cabbages the day I realised they didn’t have to be boiled. That was in the sixties, when …
Swedes (with recipes)
Article and illustrations: Marjatta Asa (COGS Quarterly – Winter 1994) From a talk given by Marjatta at the February (1994) meeting. Swedes aren’t turnips, or are they? Yes, swedes are …
The Challenge of Growing Onions
Article and illustrations: Michelle Johnson (COGS Quarterly – Winter 1994) Onions are one of those crops often overlooked by gardeners to whom gardening means sun-ripened tomatoes and golden corn, yet …
Sugar Snap Pea
Article: Traudi Kalivoda and Mary Flowers (COGS Quarterly – Summer 1993) The sugar snap pea is a wonderful vegetable – easy to grow, productive and tasty. Eaten fresh from the …
Kohlrabi
Article: Traudi K (COGS Quarterly – August 1993) Kohlrabi is a cool weather crop but tolerates heat well. Although available plants or seeds are mostly of the purple variety, the …
Brussels Sprouts
Growing Brussels Sprouts Information provided by Michele Barson and Liz Dorrough. Photo provided by Liz Dangerfield. If you have any additional information that you can provide for this page, please …