Vegetable Gardening
Gardening information: Growing, fertilizing, and potential problems of the most popular vegetables in our
vegetable gardens.
Below are the top ten most popular vegetables grown in home
gardens:
- Tomatoes:
By far the most popular vegetable in world. Store-bought
tomatoes are no comparison to the ones fresh from our gardens.
- Peppers:
Hot or sweet, peppers are grown in most everyone's vegetable garden.
- Cucumbers:
Fast growing and a space hog. Grow cucumbers on trellises
and plant varieties suitable for containers to maximize your vegetable
gardening space.
- Onions:
No cook can do without this pungent vegetable. Plant in your
garden as a pest repellent, too.
- Lettuce:
The staple for salads, no meal is complete without it.
Fast growing with shallow roots, put these easy to grow
vegetables in different areas of your garden.
- Carrots:
Colorful and for a reason. These root vegetables are
loaded with beta-carotene.
- Beans: A low calorie, tasty, and easy to grow vegetable.
- Sweet Corn:
Whether for the dinner table or your gas tank, corn is the
most widely grown vegetable in America.
- Radishes:
Fast growing, this vegetable is often the first to be harvested
from your garden.
- Cabbage:
Fresh in "coleslaw" or served cooked, cabbage is loaded with
cancer-fighting enzymes. A member of the health-promoting
cruciferous vegetable group.
Other Popular Garden Vegetables:
Organic Fertilizer Resources:
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Most Popular Vegetables for Gardening:
Other Popular Vegetables
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