In February - the plants with big white spotted leaves are the Zucchini plants. The ones hanging on the back fence are the Loofah plants. The three plants at the bottom of the picture are cucumber plants. Incidently, these three vegetables all belong to the same plant family Cucurbitaceae (~960 species, incl.squash, pumpkin, cucmber, loofah, zucchini etc), with hairy stems and pentagonal leaves.
They grow well in tropical and sub-tropical climates, which makes summer time in Australia a good time to plant them.
Cucmbers originated from India and Zucchinis from South America.
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