Japanese Vegetables for Australian Gardens: Edamame, Shishito, Kabocha

Edamame (Fresh Soybeans)Edamame is simply a fresh-eating soybean variety harvested when beans are plump but before they harden and dry. The flavour — sweet, nutty, with a pleasant mild bitterness — is completely different from dried soy products. Sow after last frost in full sun, 10cm apart in rows 40cm apart. The harvest window is only 5–7 days when beans are at peak flavour, so check daily from day 60.Shishito PeppersShishito are thin-walled Japanese frying peppers — mild with occasion…