Limited Space in Your Garden? What Should You Grow?

   It seems that each spring the same question arises.  What shall I plant?  With garden space limited it is important to carefully select what should go into it so as to make the best use of every square foot.

The best way I have found for making this decision is to look at the foods you eat regularly.  Do  you eat plenty of pasta, pizza, salsas, etc?  Then focusing on raising plenty of tomatoes, peppers and onions would be a good start.

Or are you crazy for salads?  Start your garden with lettuces, cucumbers, radishes, and all those other good veggies that make great salads.

Simply grow more of what you eat most often.

Vegetables such as lettuces and spinach prefer a cooler temperature so plant them early in the season and plan to replace them with another vegetable which prefer the warmer, summer temperatures, such as green and yellow beans.  Vining varieties take up little space if trained on a trellis or fence and are heavy produces.

Cucumbers will grow well either on a trellis or left to roam freely on the ground.  Raising two varieties, one for slicing into salads and another for pickles, will provide all you need for the coming year.

What type of seed or seedlings to buy?  Hybrids are raised to be disease resistant, to grow to special requirements such as colors and sizes.  However, their seeds don't reproduce when planted.

For best flavor and to be able to save the seeds for next year, I recommend getting Heirloom seeds/plants and in order to be assured they are chemical free, also grow Organic.

The Heirloom/Organic seeds/seedlings will feed your family this year, and every year with the healthiest and best tasting vegetables possible.

Have fun planning your new garden!