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:

• Amaranth
• Beans – broad beans, fava beans
• Beetroot
• Broccoli transplant seedlings
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Carrot
• Daikon
• Endive
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Leeks
• Lettuce
• Mizuna
• Mustard greens
• Parsley
• Radish
• Rocket
• Shallots
• Silverbeet
• Spinach
• Turnip

Flower of the Month – Galangal Flower (Alpinia galanga)