New in The bonus of eating broad beans early in the season is the beans are so tender they don't require the laborious double peel.
Try this Angelica Organic Farm has started growing red and green elk horn mustard greens (aka staghorn). Leaves have a mild wasabi-like taste that brings a pleasant zing to salads.
Best buy Otway Prime's special of three packs of frozen sausages for $10 is perfect footy-barbecue fodder. Packs contain between six and nine snags with grass-fed beef, lamb and preservative-free options.
In the vegie patch Asparagus requires three seasons before you can properly harvest. However, a light cut is possible during its second year.
Accredited farmers' markets Saturday, September 21: Boroondara (Hawthorn), Echuca, Euroa, Fairfield, Gasworks (Albert Park), Heathcote, Prom Country (Foster), Riddells Creek, Sunraysia (Mildura); Sunday, September 22: Flemington, Mount Eliza.
Sophie O'Neil, vicfarmersmarkets.org.au
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