A few mid winter edibles that provide even when neglected.

 After a six week absence we returned home in mid-winter to see these four vegetables flourishing and providing. With no actual frosts, despite the sometimes near zero temperatures, and watered by only a few showers of rain these green vegetables in raised beds just continue to thrive. Despite the benign neglect this glut of greens could feed a large family and will provide smoothies and greens for stir-fries for months. No person need be without a green vegetables if they have a couple of square metres of land or a balcony that will hold a few pots.

Gold Passionfruit

The cold has forced this self-sown passionfruit to drop fruit but many are ripe enough for eating.

Malabar or Ceylon Spinach

Longevity Spinach

Okinawa Spinach

Chaya Spinach Tree