"Chookie" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

What are you planting in the veggie garden at this point in time?

After the hot spell finishes (supposedly in time for watering day!)
I have a
few more tomato seedlings to pop in (cherry varieties). I want to
put in some
more sweet corn, and I have beetroot and capsicum seedlings ready to
go.

I put in a whole tray of beetroot seed this morning - dunno if they'll
be any good as the seed was rather old. I soaked then overnight so
we'll soon see.

Will
have to wait a bit longer for the eggplant seedlings.

What sort are you planting - the big purple ones or the smaller ones?

The other thing I want
to plant is beans -- climbing as well as bush beans. I have never
figured out
whether I should plant climbing beaans in spring or mid-summer for
best
results, so I'm trying mid-summer.

I've only ever been good with Scarlet Runners (and who can fail with
them?) but beans aren't a big item in this house as only one of us
will eat them.

I use this guide:
http://www.global-garden.com.au/plnttemp.htm

Interesting but it doesn't allow for variations for climate conditons.
For eg, there is no way I could plant pumpkins of any vairety now and
expect a crop before frosts.