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Precise instructions will vary with location. Your first post has links to New South Wales.
The variations of climate, day length and frost will clearly depend on latitude, altitude and aspect.
Therefore my replies relate just to N E Hampshire, England, my location.
You may find this link is locally appropriate.
See:
https://permaculturenews.org
My process for cabbage, as an example, would be this.
Upon cleaned ground, a layer initially 75-100mm of whatever composted materials can be procured. Variously, green waste compost, composted farm yard manure, spent mushroom compost, or a blend of whatever.This would be applied at the end of the main growing season,here that would be October-November .With you, now.
Seeds are sown in modules(divided trays), ideally 2 seeds per 50mm square,from February into April, placed in a greenhouse and grown to average of 6 true leaves each. Here that takes 6-7 weeks.
From late March -June these plants are planted out into the overwintered composted bed in the intended cropping position, and in my case, netted against pigeons and Cabbage white butterfly.
Normally the only maintenance would be to remove any weed, maybe water in extreme seasons but not usually.
Amongst the usual vegetable varieties, I would direct seed only: potatoes tuber,carrots, beetroot, rocket,chard,spinach,parsnips, late runner beans. Later (July) for autumn/winter use, salads, rocket,etc.
All the other crops follow the cabbage model to varying timescales.
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