As the days lengthen and the soil warms its time to dig out your garden gloves and get busy in the garden. Whether yours is a dedicated vegetable garden or a spot for a few crops in pots and tubs, the time is right to prepare soil, sprout seed potatoes, sow seeds and begin this year’s journey up the garden path.

While you may not be able to plant new crops like you normally would at the moment, there’s plenty of crops that will grow again after harvesting.

Whether your dream vege patch is bursting with salad greens for summer barbeques, or carrots and leeks for hearty winter soups, nothing beats the satisfaction of ‘growing your own’. This guide is designed to help beginner vege gardeners on their way to harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown vegetables in 3 simple steps: Prepare, Plant, Nourish.

This delicious salad from Food in a Minute is packed with quinoa and chickpeas + other Mediterranean flavours. Paired to perfection with Eta’s Caramelised Onion Dressing, this is a must try this spring as the weather warms!

It's time to get your vege patch sorted for the months ahead. There's plenty of exciting crops to grow and preparation is key to success. Follow our tips below to the ultimate vege garden this season.

Fragrant herbs will add a flavour punch to any meal, particularly when they are freshly snipped from your own garden. Create a herb ladder by filling containers with a variety of tasty herbs, and you’ll be harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown herbs this season.

Are you keen to start a vege garden but not sure how? Nothing beats that rewarding feeling of harvesting fresh food you’ve grown yourself at home, and it’s never too late to start.