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We show you how to prepare a homegrown and foraged Christmas feast.

The moon’s phases and its associated gravitational pull has a significant effect on the behaviour of tidal oceans, so it’s easy to understand how the moon can have a similar effect on the moisture in our soils and plants. By planning what you sow to coincide with the phases of the moon best suited to the type of vegetable and how you’re planting, you’ll give yourself a higher chance of success as well as increase your yields.

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Physalis peruviana – from the Greek physalis for ‘bladder’, referring to the shape of the fruit’s outer casing. A straggling bush up to one metre tall that bears bright yellow fruits inside a crisp envelope, which is the calyx. It is perennial and can tolerate some frost. In India it is called Jam Fruit.

A favourite among children, cape gooseberry is also called Chinese lantern. It obtained its common name because it was introduced to Australia from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. There are several relatives such as tomatillo, ground cherry and husk tomato.

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