06/10/2026
Made by someone who lives here.
If you're sick of trying to guess what to plant or do in the garden this month, I have you covered. No Fall planting guides as we ramp up into our biggest season of the year.
Spring is a great time to get planting and dream of all of your harvests as the weather gets warmer.
Save this one for when you're heading into the garden this weekend.
Tropical Climate Australia
Sow: snake beans, okra, eggplant, chilli, capsicum, sweet corn, cucumber, pumpkin, melons, sweet potato, Ceylon spinach, rosella, basil, lemongrass
Jobs: mulch thickly before the wet, put up shade cloth, improve drainage and raise beds, pull out finished dry season crops, set fruit fly traps, feed fruiting trees
Sub Tropical
Sow: beans, sweet corn, cucumber, zucchini, pumpkin, melons, tomato, capsicum, eggplant, chilli, okra, sweet potato, heat-tolerant lettuce, carrot, beetroot, radish, silverbeet, basil
Jobs: mulch to hold moisture, stake tomatoes, net or trap for fruit fly, feed citrus, watch cucurbits for powdery mildew, sow little and often
Temperate
Sow: tomato, capsicum, eggplant, chilli, beans, sweet corn, zucchini, cucumber, pumpkin, lettuce, carrot, beetroot, radish, silverbeet, spring onion, basil
Jobs: plant out seedlings once frost risk has passed, stake tomatoes at planting, mulch, feed citrus, control slugs and snails, check for aphids, thin young fruit on trees
COOL/COLD
Sow direct: peas, lettuce, spinach, silverbeet, carrot, parsnip, beetroot, radish, spring onion, leek, brassicas, potatoes
Sow under cover: tomato, capsicum, zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber, basil, beans
Jobs: harden off seedlings, keep frost cloth handy, hold tender plants back until November, hill up potatoes, w**d before they seed, bait or trap snails
ARID
Sow: beans, sweet corn, cucumber, zucchini, pumpkin, melons, tomato, capsicum, eggplant, okra, sweet potato, basil
Jobs: install shade cloth, mulch deeply, check drip irrigation, water early in the morning, add windbreaks, get crops established before the real heat
NZ - Warm North
Sow: tomato, capsicum, chilli, beans, sweet corn, zucchini, cucumber, pumpkin, lettuce, carrot, beetroot, radish, basil, kumara slips (late