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  | HuntersMama   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: Veges to plant? Posted: 30 March 2010 at 3:31pm
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   Im wondering what veges are good to plant around this timeof year? I want to get my little vege patch up and running so we have some winter veges but Im not too sure what to plant. I want to have some veges that we can feed our little man in a few months.
 I was thinking along the liens of spinach, courgettes, cabbage etc...
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  | Karey   Groupie
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 30 March 2010 at 10:06pm | 
 
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   Have a look at your local garden centre - that's your best guide for what can be planted now in your area. 
Its pretty much brassica time now so cabbage, broccoli, & cauliflower are the main ones plus spinach, silverbeet, beetroot, carrots, peas, broad beans, lettuce, radish.
 Courgettes, cucumber, corn, pumpkins etc are better grown in the spring/summer, winter is too cold for them. Pumpkins should be cheap in July/August (look for them when they are $1-2 for a big one) which should be good timing for your little man starting solids.
 Here's a website I use for planning my plantings.
 http://www.gardengrow.co.nz .
 Hope this helps & happy planting!
 
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  | gypsynita   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 31 March 2010 at 9:01am | 
 
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   ooh i was wondering about this too -thanks for the link Karey!
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     Anita
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  | Booski   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 31 March 2010 at 10:15am | 
 
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   Oh I've just had the garden diary out and planning my winter patch myself.  
 In addition to what Karey suggested we're planting onions too. Such a boring time of year for vege planting at the mo!
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  | HuntersMama   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 31 March 2010 at 2:40pm | 
 
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   Oh great thanks for that ladies! I plan to do some planting over the weekend.
 I am a bit wary of buying things that are in the garden centre just incase it is too soon to plant them. I got caught by that in summer. I havent got a huge area, but will do some planning then go shopping!
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  | Tastic   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 04 April 2010 at 12:57pm | 
 
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   I just went and got some cauli, broccoli and cabbage plants yesterday to plant, will look into the carrots and peas as well I think. 
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