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<blockquote data-quote="OKIE LADY" data-source="post: 2120058" data-attributes="member: 28040"><p>10 EASIEST VEGGIES TO GROW</p><p></p><p>1. SALAD GREENS : (lettuce, spinach, arugula and corn salad) Pick your favorite or try a mix. Plant seeds in spring and fall and pick salads nearly all year long.</p><p>2. POTATOES : Potatoes store well when kept cool. A simple and low-maintenance approach</p><p>is to plant potatoes directly in straw (with just a little dirt added) rather than soil. “Seeds” are whole or cut sections of potatoes. Only plant organic potatoes or those sold in nurseries as seed potatoes. Conventional grocery-store potatoes are sprayed with an anti-sprouting agent.</p><p>3. GREEN BEANS : Easy to grow and highly productive, green beans freeze well, and they're delicious pickled as dilly beans. Start with seeds after danger of frost has passed.</p><p>4. RADISHES: Radishes do well in not-so-great soil, and they're ready to harvest in only a few weeks. Plant seeds in spring and fall.</p><p>5. ONIONS : Start with small plants. If they do well, you can harvest bulb onions. If not, you can eat the greens.</p><p>6. PEPPERS : Hot and bell peppers are both easy to grow. Start with seedlings and let peppers ripen for different lengths of time to get a range of colors and flavors-most peppers turn from green to red or purple over time, becoming sweeter along the way.</p><p>7. BUSH ZUCCHINI : This squash won't take up as much garden space as many other types, and it's very hardy. Start from seeds or transplants. You won't need more than a few plants for a bumper crop.</p><p>8. TOMATOES : There's just no substitute for a perfectly ripe, homegrown tomato, and it's hard to go wrong when you start with strong plants (look for thick stems and healthy leaves). If you get a big crop, consider canning or freezing.</p><p>9. BASIL : Many herbs are easy to grow, but basil is among the easiest. It compliments tomatoes in both the garden and the kitchen and grows well from seeds or transplants.</p><p>10. STRAWBERRIES : Perfectly ripe strawberries are delicious, and plants are hardy. Buy bare-root plants from your local garden center in early spring. Put this perennial in a sunny spot and weed often.</p><p></p><p></p><p> GROW VEGGIES IN SMALL SPACES </p><p>Select 'compact', 'dwarf', or 'mini' varieties.</p><p>Plant seeds closely and harvest veggies small, following with repeated planting.</p><p>Use any sunny plot of land you have, plus containers. Replace soil in pots yearly to avoid disease.</p><p>Avoid crops that mature slowly (such as bulb onions) and those that take up a lot of space (such as potatoes and most zucchini).</p><p>Grow carrots, turnips and beets, which produce small, tender roots quickly, and fast-growing green, leafy vegetables such as spinach.</p><p>Grow tomatoes, peppers and eggplants in pots, cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets, and beans and cucumbers vertically on trellises.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKIE LADY, post: 2120058, member: 28040"] 10 EASIEST VEGGIES TO GROW 1. SALAD GREENS : (lettuce, spinach, arugula and corn salad) Pick your favorite or try a mix. Plant seeds in spring and fall and pick salads nearly all year long. 2. POTATOES : Potatoes store well when kept cool. A simple and low-maintenance approach is to plant potatoes directly in straw (with just a little dirt added) rather than soil. “Seeds” are whole or cut sections of potatoes. Only plant organic potatoes or those sold in nurseries as seed potatoes. Conventional grocery-store potatoes are sprayed with an anti-sprouting agent. 3. GREEN BEANS : Easy to grow and highly productive, green beans freeze well, and they're delicious pickled as dilly beans. Start with seeds after danger of frost has passed. 4. RADISHES: Radishes do well in not-so-great soil, and they're ready to harvest in only a few weeks. Plant seeds in spring and fall. 5. ONIONS : Start with small plants. If they do well, you can harvest bulb onions. If not, you can eat the greens. 6. PEPPERS : Hot and bell peppers are both easy to grow. Start with seedlings and let peppers ripen for different lengths of time to get a range of colors and flavors-most peppers turn from green to red or purple over time, becoming sweeter along the way. 7. BUSH ZUCCHINI : This squash won't take up as much garden space as many other types, and it's very hardy. Start from seeds or transplants. You won't need more than a few plants for a bumper crop. 8. TOMATOES : There's just no substitute for a perfectly ripe, homegrown tomato, and it's hard to go wrong when you start with strong plants (look for thick stems and healthy leaves). If you get a big crop, consider canning or freezing. 9. BASIL : Many herbs are easy to grow, but basil is among the easiest. It compliments tomatoes in both the garden and the kitchen and grows well from seeds or transplants. 10. STRAWBERRIES : Perfectly ripe strawberries are delicious, and plants are hardy. Buy bare-root plants from your local garden center in early spring. Put this perennial in a sunny spot and weed often. GROW VEGGIES IN SMALL SPACES Select 'compact', 'dwarf', or 'mini' varieties. Plant seeds closely and harvest veggies small, following with repeated planting. Use any sunny plot of land you have, plus containers. Replace soil in pots yearly to avoid disease. Avoid crops that mature slowly (such as bulb onions) and those that take up a lot of space (such as potatoes and most zucchini). Grow carrots, turnips and beets, which produce small, tender roots quickly, and fast-growing green, leafy vegetables such as spinach. Grow tomatoes, peppers and eggplants in pots, cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets, and beans and cucumbers vertically on trellises. [/QUOTE]
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