In my opinion (not Dom’s opinion), broad beans are THE beans they are talking about in the fairy-tale Jack and the Beanstalk. OK, maybe I won’t find a golden-egg laying hen at the top of the plant (that actually happened in Jack and the Beanstalk) but, they are tasty, good for you and easy to grow in Capricornia this time …
Preparing for Winter
Winter here in Yeppoon hasn’t yet appeared, with only a hint of the cool weather to come. We are harvesting endive, rocket, silverbeet, snow peas, basil and beetroots. This week we have planted sugar loaf cabbage seedlings, which are an early maturing variety, hoping to harvest and make sauerkraut from them in about three months’ time. From the punnet we …