What are you planting RIGHT NOW (August)

I am at a bit of a loss. I have onions in the ground as of yesterday and some brassica seedlings waiting to go in but i'm holding onto them for maybe another week. I have watermelon seeds growing in pots ready to plant when they're a bit bigger. Other then that....what else goes in now? My garden is getting empty! I was told broad beans, but i don't fancy eating them.

I have broc, cauli and cabbage waiting to go :D I refuse to plant silverbeet because it grows really well and then i have to eat it Mmmm might put in some asparagas though i dont eat that either. Just want to see how it grows!

I am new to gardening too blessedmama! I started in December last year to give me something to do while i waited for the baby to arrive. Good luck with the broc and cabbage. I have raised mine to seedlings in little pots but i am too scared to put them in the big garden just in case they don't make it. Besides i'm not 100% which is which now.

ewwww, i was going to grow some just because i read they grow really well this time of year but i dont want to eat them!

Hi Bowie - Have you heard of Awapuni Nurseries? Every month they tell you what is good to plant now. Here's the link to August. If you sign up to their monthly newsletter they tell you what to plant and give step by step instructions. And you can also easily search their site for instructions or other info. Other than what you've got already, they're suggesting to also plant potatoes, yams and kumaras at this time - so they're ready for Christmas.

Aw, Wriggles! Its not sad, if i grew them i would give them to people who would love them. I might give it a go anyway, but i'd had then up to the eyebrows at work last year, they were on the menu and i must have peeled thousands of the suckers. I hope my little darlings are surviving the storm.

Ooh good thread. DH & I have been clearing out our vege garden and making it a bit bigger over the past couple of weekends. Looking forward to getting some plants in the ground. My MIL was suggesting putting root veges in now but waiting a little while longer for anything else, to try an avoid the frosts. I'm looking at planting only things that we will eat so probably onions, potatoes and beetroot in the next week or so. Then later tomatoes, corn, lettuce etc.

I'm not a fan of beans either, but Millemama I think you've convinced me to give broadbeans a try!

Have started a broadbean mania, just make sure you stake each broadbean when they get taller as they get quite heavy and will lean over in the wind and take the tips out of the top when you are happy with the height and they will bush out. I didn't do it the first year and mine were massive and kept having to re-stake them but I grow the really big podded ones called Aquadulce I think.

I am slow to start my seedlings this year, but must get into it soon as I feel as big as a house already. I bought 3 little hothouses on TM and they were great for starting seedlings off in, must get them out of storage and up again. MummyDee, peas are a good one to grow, I just go for the sugarsnap and snow peas, they don't mind a big of cold, mine have been up and running slowly over winter months and now producing peas, yum. I protect my seedlings in the ground with plastic 2ltr bottles with the bottom cut off, keeps the birds, rabbits, frost off.