Recommendations

Winter:

Potatoes

very low maintenance. Just get a pack of seeding spuds, cut each spud into 3 or 4 pieces keeping one or two eyes on each piece and plant in rows about 10cm deep and about 20cm apart.

Beans

Pretty much the best vege ever. In temperate climates they can grow all year round, and they taste great. They are also very quick to grow and have a large harvest per amount of space taken up.

Silver Beet

This is a must. An all year round vegetable, one of the healthiest things you can grow and tastes great in a bunch of dishes. You only need a couple of plants however.

Snow Peas

These taste good and are a little trickier to grow, but it is usually worth it. I would go for snow peas over normal peas though, because who has the time to pod them all.

Summer:

Tomatoes

This is my number one favourite plant to grow. High yield, easy to grow and once they have grown once, you will see a number of baby tomatoes popping up next year round.

Beans

The second favourite crop. Quick easy and tasty. You can do runner beans which take slightly longer to grow, but can take advantage of fence lines. You can even experiment and grow them up sweet corn plants or something. You could stop here and have a great patch, but there are a bunch of other plants which are good to grow, but sometimes don't work out the best.

Zucchini

In my experience these can go averagely or fantastically. I have found that sometimes, the sun is too strong and they struggle, or they can go mouldy and die. But if it is a good season, they are one of the highest producing plants you can grow.

Sweet Corn

These are low produce for the amount of space they take up, but boy do they taste great. A tip for sweet corn however. When you go to pick them, take a bucket of water out to the vege patch and drop the corn straight into the bucket of water. Then take it inside and throw them straight into the pot of boiling water. This prevents the sugar from turning to starch and you will have the sweetest tasting corn in the land.