Beautiful red cabbages make for hearty Winter cooking! I will be cooking a big pot of Borscht soon, with leeks and beets from the garden. Meanwhile, I've cooked up a big pot of Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage in the crockpot. I received "The Zero Mile Cookbook" by Carolyn Heriot as a gift recently - it is perfectly arranged by cooking from the garden with seasonal recipes. Carolyn Heriot, of The Garden Path Nursery: http://www.earthfuture.com/gardenpath/ also wrote " A Year on the Garden Path" - an excellent resource for Westcoast gardeners, such as myself. The Zero Mile Diet book: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/ZeroMileDiet comes highly recommended -

many recipes are given for preserving your harvest, and for fermented foods, which I am interested in pursuing. The book covers many topics, including: • Growing organic food year-round • The small fruit orchard and backyard berries • Superb yet simple seasonal recipes • Preserving your harvest • Seed saving and plant propagation • Dirt-cheap ways to nourish your soil • Backyard poultry—it’s less time-consuming than you think • Growing vegetables in the easiest way possible • A–z guide to growing the best vegetables and herbs.

As well as being scrumptious, red cabbage is so very good for you: http://www.fitsugar.com/Benefits-Nutrition-Red-Cabbage-19149424 Easy to grow, versatile, and a beautiful veg in the garden - perfect! You can find organic red cabbage seeds through Stellar Seeds: http://stellarseeds.com/category/seeds/vegetables/cabbage