The following is a list of vegetables and herbs that  you can plant in January in Sydney, a temperate zone:

• Amaranth
• Beans (dwarf and climbing)
• Beetroot
• Carrot
• Chives
• Cucumber
• Egglant seedlings
• Kohlrabi
• Lettuce
• Marrow
• Mustard Greens
• Okra seedlings
• Parsley
• Radish
• Rosella
• Silverbeet
• Sunflower
• Sweet corn
• Turnip
• Zucchini

Plant of the Month –  The fragrant Magnolia champaca – Joy Perfume Tree