WOULD-be green thumbs still have a few weeks left to try their hand at growing food before the cold snap.
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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Border people have bought up vegetable seedlings and seeds in recent weeks.
Bungowannah-based RAD Growers operator Erin O'Callaghan said gardeners still had a few weeks left to plant a vegetable patch before the first frosts hit the Border around mid-May.
Ms O'Callaghan said soil quality was a priority for any home gardener putting in a veggie garden.
"If people have got time on their hands, the first thing to work out is the soil," she said.
"Everybody has food waste; the first thing is to renovate the compost bin you've got out the back and get it back going again.
"The compost you can make at home, you can't buy in the shops."
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Ms O'Callaghan said the best plants to sow now would be radish, rocket and Asian greens.
"They can be direct sown, they'll germinate in about 10 days and you'll have a harvest four weeks after that," Ms O'Callaghan said.
"You could sow carrots and beets; you're looking at 10 to 14 days until germination.
"You can keep cutting the beet tops and using them as a salad green or in stir fries; beetroot tops will grow quicker than lettuce and the leaves keep growing back. You'll get a harvest in about August.
"You can grow brassicas - things like broccoli, cabbage and kale - from transplants."
This week RAD Growers has set up a new online shop, the Farmacy, for customers to pre-order veggie boxes.
Open noon Tuesday until 11.30pm on Thursday, Farmacy orders can be collected at Albury Wodonga Farmers' Market in Gateway Village in Wodonga on Saturday between 8am and 11am.
Payment is contactless via electronic transfer or credit card.
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