Vegetable Gardening
Vegetable Gardening care & growing guides
When and how to grow vegetables, with planting dates tuned to your USDA zone.
Beet
Beta vulgaris
The fast, forgiving cool-season root crop that gives you two harvests in one — sweet, earthy roots…
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italica
The cool-season brassica grown for its tight, edible flower head — a sturdy, frost-tolerant crop…
Carrot
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
The cool-season root crop that rewards patience — a feathery-topped biennial grown as an annual…
Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
A cool-season brassica grown for its dense white head, or curd, of undeveloped flower buds…
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
A fast-growing, frost-tender vining annual grown for crisp, refreshing fruit on either sprawling…
Eggplant
Solanum melongena
A heat-loving warm-season crop in the nightshade family, grown for its glossy, meaty fruits in…
Garlic
Allium sativum
A hardy, long-season bulb crop planted in fall and harvested the following summer. Garlic asks…
Green Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris
A fast, forgiving warm-season annual grown for tender, snappable pods. Available as compact bush…
Kale
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
A hardy, cold-loving leafy green grown for its abundant, ruffled or strappy leaves, from curly and…
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
The quick, cool-season backbone of the salad garden — a fast-growing leafy annual grown for crisp…
Onions
Allium cepa
A cool-season biennial grown as an annual for its swelling, layered bulb. Onions are easy to grow…
Pea
Pisum sativum
A cool-season climbing legume grown for sweet spring pods and seeds, available as shelling, snap…
Pepper
Capsicum annuum
The sun-loving heart of the summer garden — a frost-tender annual grown for sweet bells, crisp…
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
The cool-season workhorse of the vegetable garden — a frost-tender perennial grown as an annual…
Radishes
Raphanus sativus
One of the fastest, most beginner-friendly crops you can grow — peppery little roots that go from…
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
The quintessential cool-season leafy green — a fast, frost-hardy annual grown for tender…
Sweet Corn
Zea mays var. saccharata
A tall, sun-loving warm-season grass grown for its tender, sugary kernels picked at the milk…
Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas
A heat-loving tropical vine grown for the sweet, starchy storage roots that swell underground over…
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
The backyard garden's signature crop — a frost-tender, sun-loving annual grown for sweet to tangy…
Zucchini
Cucurbita pepo
The most productive crop in many backyard gardens — a fast-growing, frost-tender summer squash…
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