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

• Amaranth
• Artichokes
• Asparagus
• Basil
• Beans – climbing and bush beans
• Beetroot
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Cape Gooseberry
• Capsicum
• Carrot
• Celery – in seed trays
• Chicory
• Chillies
• Cucumber
• Daikon
• Dill
• Eggplant
• Jerusalem artichoke
• Leeks
• Lettuce
• Luffa
• Marrow – in seed trays
• Mustard Greens
• Okra – in seed trays
• Parsley
• Parsnip
• Peas
• Potato
• Pumpkin
• Radish
• Rhubarb
• Rocket
• Rockmelon- in seed trays
• Silverbeet
• Spring onions
• Sunflower
• Sweet corn
• Tomato
• Turnip
• Water melon
• Yacon

Plant of the Month – The perfumed River Lily                     (Crinum Pedunculatum)