So far - tomatoes, dwarf green beans, broad beans, passionfruit, parsley, mint, chives. We have cauliflower, coriander and rocket in the ground, but the rocket and coriander are going to seed and the cauliflower is uninspiring. Once we rip out those and the rest of the broccoli is done we will have more space, so not sure what else, peas and zucchini maybe? We planted a several-year-old apricot tree last summer and will be interested to see what that does. Transplanted our lime tree into the ground a few weeks ago and it has a few flowers so fingers crossed. Other than that, the usual suspects re herbs. You?
So... got lettuce, broadbeans, minute caulis and cabbages, peans, spinach and carrots in the ground. I overwintered a couple of tomatoes and have a couple of zucchini seedlings in my mini-hothouse (which is pretty cold in the current wet weather!) and am attempting to get a headstart on capsicums, eggplants, cucumber and melons... Also aiming for corn and beans (bush and climbing). Zucchini are good; you'd probably want to get peas in soon as I think they don't like really hot weather. You'd have a good climate for corn and melons I would think! Digger's club have a great climate zone page; I also use Gardenate for a customizable planting list (I think Gardening Australia has one too).
Will be interested to hear how your miniature cauliflowers turn out - that is what we have in the ground at the moment. Of the 8 that survived, three grew cauliflower "fruit" which started out looking as a cauliflower should but very quickly got tall and stringy looking and then went to seed. The other 5 have flourishing leaves but no "fruit" at all!
Will let you know- I think brassicas tend to bolt when they get hot/water stressed. Diggers or Gardening Aus might have some tips for good varieties for Pert
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Nice! What are you growing this summer?
So far - tomatoes, dwarf green beans, broad beans, passionfruit, parsley, mint, chives. We have cauliflower, coriander and rocket in the ground, but the rocket and coriander are going to seed and the cauliflower is uninspiring. Once we rip out those and the rest of the broccoli is done we will have more space, so not sure what else, peas and zucchini maybe? We planted a several-year-old apricot tree last summer and will be interested to see what that does. Transplanted our lime tree into the ground a few weeks ago and it has a few flowers so fingers crossed. Other than that, the usual suspects re herbs. You?
So... got lettuce, broadbeans, minute caulis and cabbages, peans, spinach and carrots in the ground. I overwintered a couple of tomatoes and have a couple of zucchini seedlings in my mini-hothouse (which is pretty cold in the current wet weather!) and am attempting to get a headstart on capsicums, eggplants, cucumber and melons... Also aiming for corn and beans (bush and climbing). Zucchini are good; you'd probably want to get peas in soon as I think they don't like really hot weather. You'd have a good climate for corn and melons I would think! Digger's club have a great climate zone page; I also use Gardenate for a customizable planting list (I think Gardening Australia has one too).
Will be interested to hear how your miniature cauliflowers turn out - that is what we have in the ground at the moment. Of the 8 that survived, three grew cauliflower "fruit" which started out looking as a cauliflower should but very quickly got tall and stringy looking and then went to seed. The other 5 have flourishing leaves but no "fruit" at all!
Will let you know- I think brassicas tend to bolt when they get hot/water stressed. Diggers or Gardening Aus might have some tips for good varieties for Pert
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