Benefits of Vegetables
Arugula grows best in cool, moist, well-drained soil. Full sun is OK but light shade is even better during the hottest times.
Gardeners can select from a large variety of lettuces that are easy to grow, highly productive in limited space, and virtually pest and disease free.
Spinach is one of the few vegetables with beets and chard that prefers a neutral to alkaline soil (pH 7.0 or above).
Fruiting crops, including tomatoes, need full sun most of the day for good production of quality fruit.
Heirloom varieties are open-pollinated--meaning that the seeds you collect from one year will produce plants with most of the characteristics of the parent plant.
Beets are a cool season favorite grown for their fleshy, round to oblong roots. Beets can also tolerate hot temperatures too.
Carrots are an easy to grow cool-season crop. All you need is a bright, sunny location with well-drained soil that is free from stones.
Bean seeds are one of the easiest and most carefree vegetable seeds to grow. Anyone can grow plenty of fresh bean plants.
Cabbage is a cool season crop - sow seeds indoors 6 weeks before your last hard frost. You can direct sow a crop for fall harvest in mid-summer.