Today is the first day of autumn and this is the first planting guide of the season.

The following is a list of things you can plant in March in Sydney, a temperate zone:

1. Amaranth
2. Beans – broad beans, fava beans
3. Beetroot
4. Broccoli transplant seedlings.
5. Brussels sprouts
6. Cabbage
7. Carrot
8. Daikon
9. Endive
10. Kale
11. Kohlrabi
12. Leeks
13. Lettuce
14. Mizuna
15. Mustard greens
16. Parsley
17. Radish
18. Rocket
19. Shallots
20. Silverbeet
21. Spinach
22. Turnip

Flower of the Month – Rangoon Creeper (Combretum indicum)