Weather is warming quickly in Temperate areas. If your area has been warmer than usual, you may find the Warm climate planting guide more accurate, while areas experiencing colder than usual weather would be wise to follow the Cool climate guide until the weather warms. However, keep a close watch on young seedlings as it [...]

In most Warm areas, temperatures are good for gardening, but inland areas are still experiencing chilly nights and gardeners in places like Alice Springs may be more successful if they follow the planting guide for Temperate areas this month.
August weather can be deceptive in other parts of Australia. Perfect gardening weather and milder nights can [...]

The following planting guide is an abbreviated list for vegetables, fruit trees and some culinary herbs that can be planted in June in Australia and New Zealand. A comprehensive monthly guide that includes planting times for the entire garden, as well as when to fertilise, prune, weed, take cuttings or divide plants, can be found [...]

Plant varieties for sowing and planting are fairly similar for both June and July in most climate zones of Australia. Peas and broad beans should be sown at a time that will avoid frost damaging the flowers see: Broad beans and peas)
Sowing times are more flexible when sowing peas or broad beans as a green [...]

The following planting guide is an abbreviated list for vegetables, fruit trees and some culinary herbs that can be planted in May in Australia and New Zealand. A comprehensive monthly guide that includes planting times for the entire garden, as well as when to fertilise, prune, weed, take cuttings or divide plants, can be found [...]

The following planting guide is an abbreviated list for vegetables, fruit trees and some culinary herbs that can be planted in April in Australia and New Zealand. A comprehensive monthly guide that includes planting times for the entire garden, as well as when to fertilise, prune, weed, take cuttings or divide plants, can be found [...]

March is a good time to plant evergreen trees, shrubs, and vines in all areas except those that experience heavy frosts, as soil is still warm enough to allow plants to settle in before winter. Incidentally, as there are two Full Moons this month, the Full Moon on 30th March is known as a ‘blue [...]

February is not a good month for gardening in many parts of Australia. In some areas it is very hot and dry – in other areas, it is far too wet. If you are fortunate enough to have pleasant weather in your area, the following planting guide is an abbreviated list for vegetables, fruit trees [...]

Despite the media making much of celebrating a ‘blue moon’ on New Year’s Eve, the Full Moon did not occur in Australia until 5:14 am AEST today (6:14 am ADST) – January 1st, so Australia and New Zealand didn’t have a Full Moon on New Year’s Eve and, consequently, no ‘blue moon’ either.
When, infrequently, two [...]

The rain in late December has been a blessing for many gardeners in Eastern Australia but bushfires in Western Australian gardeners have been devastating. January can be a difficult month for gardening in some warm and temperate parts of Australia. Prolonged periods of heavy rain can cause seeds to rot before germination (or encourage fungal [...]