![Take your pick: early winter 2024 Use a sharp knife to cut cauliflower off the plant.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/OG 149 Harvest notes_cauliflower_istock-500x500.jpg)
Take your pick: early winter 2024
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Now is a good time to see if your limes, cauliflower and ginger are ready to be put to use in your kitchen.
![Take your pick: Autumn 2024 Pumpkins are ready when the skin has lost some of its sheen.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pumpkins_Kirsten Bresciani-500x500.jpg)
Take your pick: Autumn 2024
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Now is the time to see if you can fill your harvest basket with these tasty picks.
![Passionfruit wine Use your extra passionfruit harvest to make wine.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/iStock-601401198_passionfruit-500x500.jpg)
Passionfruit wine
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This award-winning wine from organic vintners, Nadia and Francis O'Connell, is a great way to use excess fruit.
![Hazelnut chocolate fondue This fondue recipe from Annemarie Bolduc will easily become a family favourite!](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/141 hazelnut fondue Annemarie Bolduc-500x500.jpg)
Hazelnut chocolate fondue
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No-one is going to argue with Annemarie Bolduc about chocolate fondue being a delicious dessert (or afternoon treat!), especially when served with fresh apples (or any other favourite fruit).
![Zero waste: cucumbers Excess cucumbers can be sliced and pickled with onions.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/139 cucumbers_iStock_socials-500x500.jpg)
Zero waste: cucumbers
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Cornersmith duo Alex Elliott-Howery and Jaimee Edwards are all about reducing food waste. Here are their ideas for using excess cucumbers.
![Fermenting cabbage Cabbages come into their own when preserved or fermented.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cabbage by iStock-500x500.jpg)
Fermenting cabbage
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Cabbages are wonderful raw or cooked, but they really come into their own when fermented and preserved, Jian Liu writes.
![Local flavours Indigenous ingredients use by Norie](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Mabu Mabu by Armelle Habib-500x500.jpg)
Local flavours
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In her new book Mabu Mabu, First Nations chef Nornie Bero explores a wonderful array of native foods and flavours.
![Storing harvests for winter Bottles tomatoes all ready to be put aside for winter.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Linda Cockburn_storing tomatoes-500x500.jpg)
Storing harvests for winter
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Linda Cockburn writes about different ways to preserve your summer harvests, such as tomatoes, so you can keep on enjoying the results of all your hard work in winter.
![Wild greens galette Wild greens galette](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Unknown-3_620pxl-500x500.jpg)
Wild greens galette
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Summer or winter, this recipe from Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar makes use of wild greens such as dandelion, chickweed and mallow - or pick greens from your garden!
![Make the most of your tomato harvest Preserving tomatoes](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Tomato sauce by Helen McKerral-500x500.jpg)
Make the most of your tomato harvest
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With a tomato harvest, you'll find you have one of the easiest and most flavoursome crops that you can eat fresh, or preserve for later, writes Helen McKerral.
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Spring chicken soup
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It may be called 'Spring Chicken Soup' but this recipe from Grown & Gathered by Lentil and Matt Purbrick is too scrumptious to not use year-round. Enjoy!
![Kale & Borlotti Bean Soup Kale & Borlotti Bean Soup](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/OG107Recipes620x350-500x350.jpg)
Kale & Borlotti Bean Soup
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Sophie Hansen's winters are long and cold, which means she likes to cook plenty of warm, nourishing food like this hearty soup.
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Preserving lemons
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When there's a glut of lemons in your garden, you can share them with friends and, with this recipe from Justin Russell, you can preserve them for later use! Nothing wasted!