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    CABBAGE CORNUCOPIA

    Dec 26, 2018 4 minutes

    Cabbages come in a variety of shapes and colours, from pointed to round-heads, red-leaved and green, smooth or Savoy, rock hard heads to loose-leaved and anything in between. Be it spring or summer, autumn or winter, there will always be a cabbage in season, and with some careful planning you can enjoy a home-grown harvest for almost 12 months of the year.

    Some people think of cabbage as a poor person’s crop, a vegetable you can buy cheaply with little point in growing your own. In a way this is true. Cabbages are inexpensive in the supermarket, yet if you grow your own, you’ll know the sweet, crisp taste of a fresh cabbage picked from the plot and it’s priceless.

    Home-grown cabbage could be used

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