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Growing Guides

20 everyday Australian crops. No sowing dates, get those from GardenBuddy, just what it takes to grow each one well and get the most out of it.

🧅Alliums

🧅Alliums

Onion & Garlic

Long-season crops that mostly just need to be left alone once planted.

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🥦Brassicas

🥦Brassicas

Broccoli & Cauliflower

Cool-season heavy feeders that reward rich soil and steady water with a single, satisfying central head.

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🥦Brassicas

Cabbage

Dense, long-storing heads that make it one of the better 'keeper' vegetables from the garden.

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🍓Fruit

🍓Fruit

Strawberry

A perennial that spreads via runners, meaning one good patch can supply new plants indefinitely.

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🍓Fruit

Rhubarb

A long-lived perennial, a well-established crown can keep producing for a decade or more.

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🍅Fruiting vegetables

🍅Fruiting vegetables

Tomato

The most-grown vegetable garden crop in Australia, and the one most gardeners judge a season by.

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🍅Fruiting vegetables

Capsicum & Chilli

Slow starters that reward patience. Chillies in particular keep producing for months once established.

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🍅Fruiting vegetables

Cucumber

Fast, vigorous, and productive enough that most households only need two or three plants.

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🍅Fruiting vegetables

Zucchini & Pumpkin

The crop everyone jokes about giving away by the boxful. Space accordingly.

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🌽Grains & specialty crops

🌽Grains & specialty crops

Sweet Corn

Wind-pollinated, which means how you plant it matters as much as how you grow it.

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🌿Herbs

🌿Herbs

Basil

A warm-season herb that bolts fast once it flowers, regular picking is what keeps it productive.

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🌿Herbs

Coriander, Parsley & Dill

Three of the most-used kitchen herbs, and three very different growing personalities.

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🥬Leafy greens

🥬Leafy greens

Lettuce & Salad Greens

Fast, forgiving, and one of the few crops worth succession-sowing every few weeks for a continuous supply.

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🥬Leafy greens

Silverbeet & Spinach

Silverbeet (chard) is one of the most forgiving vegetables in an Australian garden, true spinach is fussier about heat.

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🥬Leafy greens

Kale

Tough, cold-hardy, and one of the last things standing in a winter garden.

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🫞Legumes

🫞Legumes

Green Beans

Climbing or dwarf, beans are one of the most reliable and least fussy vegetables to grow.

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🫞Legumes

Peas

A cool-season legume, sweet straight off the vine in a way the shop-bought version never matches.

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🥕Root vegetables

🥕Root vegetables

Carrot

Needs loose, stone-free soil more than anything else, the single biggest factor in straight, well-formed roots.

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🥕Root vegetables

Beetroot

Both the root and the leaves are edible, so nothing goes to waste.

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🥕Root vegetables

Potato

Grown from seed potatoes (tubers), not true seed, for almost all home gardeners.

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