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Tomato plant with ripe red tomatoes in a home vegetable garden

Tomato

Tomatoes need warm soil and steady light. Start indoors, then transplant after frost risk has passed.

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Cucumber vine with fresh cucumbers growing on a garden trellis

Cucumber

Cucumbers grow quickly after nights warm up. Avoid cold soil and transplant shock.

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Pepper plant with colorful peppers in a vegetable garden bed

Pepper

Peppers are slower than tomatoes and need warm soil before they take off.

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Fresh lettuce heads growing in a raised garden bed

Lettuce

Lettuce prefers cool weather. Plant early in spring or again for fall.

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Carrot tops and harvested carrots in loose garden soil

Carrot

Carrots should be sown outdoors into loose soil. Keep the seedbed evenly moist.

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Spinach leaves growing in a cool-season vegetable bed

Spinach

Spinach is a cool-season crop. Heat makes it bolt quickly.

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Green bean plants with slender pods in a home garden

Green Bean

Beans are simple when soil is warm. Sow outdoors after frost danger has passed.

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Zucchini plant with yellow blossoms and green squash

Zucchini

Zucchini grows fast and needs space, sun, and consistent picking.

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Potato plants and harvested potatoes in garden soil

Potato

Potatoes grow from seed pieces in cool soil. Hill soil as stems grow.

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Broccoli heads growing among broad green leaves

Broccoli

Broccoli prefers cool weather and steady growth. Fall crops are often easier in hot regions.

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Kale plants with textured green leaves in a garden bed

Kale

Kale is forgiving, cold tolerant, and useful for spring and fall harvests.

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Onion bulbs and upright green leaves in loose soil

Onion

Onions need a long season and the right day-length type for your region.

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Garlic bulbs and green garlic shoots in a vegetable bed

Garlic

Garlic is usually planted in fall, overwintered, and harvested the next summer.

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Sweet corn stalks with ears forming in a sunny garden

Corn

Corn needs warm soil, space, fertility, and block planting for pollination.

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Red radishes with leafy tops growing in garden soil

Radish

Radishes are fast, cool-season roots that are best sown directly.

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