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Grow your own taste of the Orient
Oriental vegetables are easy to grow and quick to crop. Most like to grow in spring or autumn, or even through the winter, when other harvests are thin on the ground. They're also very attractive plants, that will liven up your kitchen garden!
Winter greens
If you have an unheated greenhouse, hoop tunnel or sheltered spot, then Oriental vegetables can provide you with crops of green vegetables all through the winter.In fact, Oriental vegetables like pak choi, Chinese cabbage and tatsoi (spinach, too) are easier to grow in the cooler days of autumn. You need to sow them in late summer, so that they're well grown when the days get shorter. Then they'll stay fresh all winter, for you to eat them as and when you want to.
Oriental vegetables for beginners
Easy vegetables that anyone can grow
The sheer diversity of Oriental vegetables can be daunting for beginners - where do you start?Episode 18 of the Alternative Kitchen Garden is all about easy-to-grow Oriental vegetables - Chinese cabbage, pak choi, Chinese broccoli and garlic chives.
Peashoots
Peashoots are a very popular salad and stir-fry vegetable in China, but they're not usually available in grocery stores.So if you want to try them, you have to grow your own. Luckily its easy - you don't need a special variety of pea, or much space, and you can grow them all year round.
Listen to episode 21 of the Alternative Kitchen Garden show to find out how to grow peas and peashoots.
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Oriental Vegetables: The Complete Guide for the Gardening Cook
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The Edible Asian Garden (The Edible Garden Series)
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Asian Vegetables: From Long Beans to Lemongrass, A Simple Guide to Asian Produce Plus 50 Delicious, Easy Recipes
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Handy Pocket Guide to Asian Herbs & Spices (Handy Pocket Guides)
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Asian Herbs and Vegetables
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