ok, so i have my HUGE tennis court size patch turned over, thanks to pepe and the tractor he bought after i bought his house, i am now planting onions, lettuce and parsley. anything else??

Is the patch getting plenty of sun? You could plant peas, broad beans, whichever of the bietole take your fancy. Try some garlic, too. Bit early for potatoes, or it is around here. You're a couple of months away from tomatoes, capsicum, cukes, zucchini, zucca, and the other warm weather-lovers.

full sun, all day, i've done my garlic already, but peas and broad beans sound good, not a lover of bietole, prefer spinaci, i suppose i should though......sometimes it makes my silver fillings zing...do you know what i mean??
pepe told me i had to have a huge patch so icould grow all my tomatoes and onions as they are little work, for a bloke, i said!!!! oh how i laffed!!!

Spinach and bietola like pretty much the same growing conditions so go for your life. If you like rucola, get some of that in, too. It much prefers cool to warm. As soon as things heat up, it will bolt to billyo unless you give it some protection.

Right now is considered a bad time to plant anything, if lunar gardening is anything to go by. The most auspicious time to plant from seed is the end of the month, when we have a full moon. Then you can plant loads of things: peas, beans (all dwarf varieties are available from seed) as well as salads. Who knows if it makes any difference, but all my neighbours swear by it, and who am I to say any different!

Some swear by the lunar system, others plant regardless of the moon, dealing only in temperature (air and soil) and soil conditions. I've tried both ways and found no discernible difference. Hence I don't worry about the moon.

Relevant anecdote. Friends of ours here had a gardener who swore by the lunar system. Only he would plant in solid clay and throw buckets of chemical fertiliser at it. Go figure.

i've heard about the lunar planting thingy ma jig, i'll take my chances this weekend, i don't think i'll be able to plant at the full moon, i'll be too busy hubbling and bubbling, with rats tails and spiders a clingin!!

That's the other reason I don't subscribe to the full moon theory. In werewolf mode, I tend to eat the seeds.

It's time to plant potatoes... wether you swear by the lunar system or not!

oh how i wish, i am allergic to potatoes, now that i have the space to grow them!! go figure.