Grow, cook and enjoy delicious Asian veggies, herbs and fruits – from garden to plate – wherever you live with permaculture gardener Connie Cao.
Discover the joy of growing and cooking a vibrant array of Asian vegetables, herbs and fruits in this comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide.
Connie Cao's curated selection of more than 40 cool-season and warm-season annuals and perennials means you'll find produce perfect for your garden and climate. Then, make the most of your abundant harvest with 50 fresh home-style recipes. Inspired by Connie Cao's Chinese heritage and her permaculture gardening expertise, Your Asian Veggie Patch gives you all the information and inspiration you need to get your garden flourishing and your mouth watering.
Recipes include:
Edamame and pickled mustard greens
Stir-fried Shanghai rice cakes
Loofah, egg and capsicum stir-fry
Lemongrass and pandan coconut rice
Pork and chive dumplings
Gardeners sambal
Chinese pumpkin cake
Winter melon tea
Summer berry garden infusion
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Connie Cao is a Melbourne-based urban permaculture gardener, homesteader, photographer, and digital content creator. In her backyard (and soon front!), she grows a garden full of veggies, fruits, berries, cut flowers and beneficial plants. Her gardening ethos is that you don't need a big piece of land to have a garden, to start small, and to embrace the imperfect perfection of nature. A gardening journey is always an ongoing one, and she loves documenting and sharing this with others. Connie formalised her interests in gardening by completing the Permaculture Design Certificate with Peter Allen at Telopea Mountain Permaculture (2019) and Diploma of Sustainable Living (with Honours) at University of Tasmania (2022). She also has a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Marketing) at Monash University (2015). In her spare time, you will always find her digging into a good gardening book, browsing the local nursery, or swapping plants with her fellow 'permie' friends. Connie's garden has been featured on the ABC, Design Files and various other online publications. She has previously written two gardening e-booklets and regularly writes both long form articles and short form content for her blog and social media pages.
