Today is the first day of summer and this is the first planting guide of the season. The following is a list of vegetables and herbs that  you can plant in December in Sydney, a temperate zone:

Basil
Beans (dwarf and climbing)
Beetroot
Cape Gooseberry
Capsicum seedlings
Carrot
Celery seedlings
Chilli
Choko
Cucumber
Eggplant seedlings
Kohlrabi
Leeks seedlings
Lettuce
Luffa seedlings
Marrow
Mustard greens
Okra seedlings
Pumpkin
Radish
Rockmelon seedlings
Silverbeet
Squash
Sunflower
Sweet corn
Tomato seedlings
Turnip
Watermelon seedlings
Zucchini seedlings

Plant of the Month – The delicate Crucifix Orchid – Epidendrum ibuaguense “White”

(Click on the photo and Zoom in to see the delicate orchids in detail)