Vegetable Gardening - How to Grow Vegetables at Home

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Vegetable gardening is one of America’s favorite hobbies. Learn how to plant and grow your favorite vegetables right in your backyard home garden. Growing vegetables a snap, with our extensive encyclopedia on garden vegetable plants: how to grow, vegetable plant care, gardening tips. Find vegetable seeds, garden recipes, answers to plant problems, and much more.

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Artichoke -It takes a long time to produce “chokes”. But, it’s definitely worth the wait.
Arugula – This leafy green adds zip to salads
Asparagus – The plant requires almost no maintenance. Harvest spears in the spring for a real treat.
Bean Family – There are dozens of varieties. Grow your favorites, try some new ones.
Beans, Lima – Slow growing, but well worth the wait.
Bean, Scarlet Runner Is it a flower, or is it a vegetable? It’s both!
Beets – a pungent, red root crop.
Bok Choy – Enjoy this Asian cabbage.
Broccoli – Eat plenty of this healthy cool-weather vegetable.
Brussels Sprouts – Sprouts are members of the cabbage family. It loves cool weather.
Burdock – This root crop is native to Europe.
Cabbage – A cool-weather crop. Cole Slaw anyone!?
Cabbage, Michihili – a leafy form of cabbage.
Cantaloupe – Sweet melons are a summer treat.
Carrots – This root crop is good for your eyes.
Cauliflower – grows best in cool weather.
Celery – They say you spend more calories eating it than it contains.
Celeriac – a root crop and member of the celery family.
Chickory – Here’s an easy-to-grow plant. Try Chickory coffee!
Chickpeas – Kids call them “Spider Eggs”. And they’re great in salads.
Chinese Vegetables – Grow a variety for Asian stir-fry.
Collard – A southern favorite.
Cocozielli – This squash can grow taller than a full-grown man.
Coffee Tree – You will love growing this as a houseplant.
Corn – For a sweet summer treat, grow your favorite variety.
Cowpeas – Also called “Black Eyed Peas”, a southern favorite. The leaves are edible, too.
Cress – Try these leafy green vegetables. It has a bitter, peppery taste.
Cucumber – Growing cukes is rewarding.
Cucumber, Pickling – Pickles are easy to make. This is the variety you want to use.

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Dandelion – a weed for some, a great salad for others. Dandelion wine, anyone!?
Edible Flowers – You’ll be amazed at how many flowers are edible. They’re great tasting, too!
Eggplant – Eggplant parmesan comes to mind for this Italian favorite.
Eggplant, Ornamental – This edible ornamental is known by many names.
Endive – The green makes for a perfect salad.
Fennel – The bulbous root of this European native is eaten raw, cooked or boiled.
Flax – This versatile plant is a flower a vegetable, an herb and it’s medicinal, too!
Garlic – Popular around the world in many cultures and thousands of recipes. It wards against vampires, too.
Gourds – a fall decorating favorite. Comes in all sorts of shapes and colors.
Herbs – Culinary, medicinal, floral and aromatic uses.
Hops – If you make your own beer, you’ve gotta grow your own hops.
Horseradish – An invasive plant, with sharp flavored roots.
Jerusalem Artichoke – Nothing like globe artichoke. They are a tuber.
Kale – Extremely healthy and nutritious. Very easy to grow and very hardy.
Kohlrabi – Looking to grow a plant that looks like it came from outer space?

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Leeks – A member of the onion family and a favorite in gourmet recipes.
Lettuce Family – Almost too many varieties to count. Each variety has their unique characteristics to spruce up your salads.
Luffa Sponge Gourd – Yes, you can make sponges from them.
Melons – From cantaloupe to Crenshaw, sweet melons are a summer favorite.
Mushrooms – An easy to grow crop. But, you must be careful as many mushrooms are poisonous.
Mustard – Use the leaves for salad. Use the seeds to make mustard.
Nasturtium – With peppery leaves to spice up salads, this flower/vegetable is fun to grow and eat.
Okra – a southern favorite and a must have ingredient for Gumbo.
Onions – Easy to grow, takes up little space.
Onion, Vidalia – ‘Bloomin Onions, anyone!?
Ornamental Eggplant – Yes, it’s edible.

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Pak Choi – Asian leaf cabbage. Good in soups and stir-fry.
Parsley – A biennial herb. Makes a great garnish.
Parsley, Hamburg Rooted – The flavorful roots are nothing like parsley herb.
Parsnips – A member of the carrot family, they look like carrots, only bigger and white.
Peanut – It’s a popular crop in the south.
Peas – For a sweet treat, plant sweet peas as soon as the ground can be worked
Peppers – dozens and dozens of varieties of sweet and hot peppers. There’s something here for everyone.
Hot Pepper – Some like it hot. Some like it sizzling hot.
Popcorn – Have fun growing and popping your own popcorn.
Potato – Plant a potato and dig up several a few months later. It’s a simple as that!
Pumpkin – Grow big pumpkins, small pumpkins, matter of fact, grow all pumpkins.
Pumpkins, Giants – Can you grow a pumpkin that weighs over a ton? Sure you can!!
Pumpkin, Miniature – Use miniature pumpkins for fall decorating. They’re edible, too.
Pumpkin, Varieties – Want to grow a pumpkin? There are hundreds of varieties.
Purslane – That weed in your sidewalk crack or flower garden belongs in your vegetable garden.
Radicchio – Try these cool weather gourmet vegetables that are native to Italy.
Radish – Add zip to salads and color to veggie trays.
Rhubarb – One of the only perennial vegetables. Can you name another?
Rice – In the right climate, you too can grow rice.
Romaine – If it’s a Caesar salad, it is made of crispy romaine lettuce.
Roquette – Also called Arugula, this leafy green is as good for your health as it tastes.
Rutabaga – If you’ve never tried it, you’re in good company. Be a maverick and give it a try.

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Salsify – Will you be satisfied with Salsify? We think you will.
Scallions – As a member of the onion family, scallions are a favorite of gourmet chefs.
Shallots – another member of the onion family, that gourmet chefs love to use.
Soybeans – High in fiber and protein. If you’re a tofu lover, grow soybeans and make your own Tofu.
Spinach – Popeye is right. Spinach makes you strong and healthy.
Spinach, New Zealand – Not a true spinach. Prefers warm weather.
Squash – These notorious cross breeders offer many varieties.
Sunflower – Feed the birds you enjoy the blooms. Save some seeds for yourself.
Sweet Potato – Similar yet much different than a yam.
Swiss Chard – Do you eat the delicious leaves as a salad or cooked. Or, do you cook the stems?
Tea – The only thing better than growing tea is drinking it.
Tomatillo – Easy to grow, prolific plants. Make your own salsa verde.
Tomatoes – By far the most popular vegetable in American gardens. The question is “how many varieties will you grow?”
Tomato, Cherry – Place the plants along the edge of the garden. Watch the fruit disappear when the kids and grandkids walk by.
Tomato, Grape – Oblong miniature tomatoes with a great taste.
Turk’s Turban – It’s a squash that looks like a UFO.
Turnip – Once you’ve tasted them, you’ll be growing them.
Watermelon – The long growing period is worth the wait.
Wheatgrass – for the health-conscious gardener. It’s easy to grow.
Yam -a sub-tropical plant often confused with sweet potatoes.
Zucchini – The word “prolific” was created to define zucchini plant production.
Giant Veggies – amaze yourself with the size of record giant vegetables.

Vegetable Gardening Tip:

When preparing vegetables, avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables……….. Get someone else to hold the vegetables while you chop.

More Resources

Livingston Seed Company – America’s oldest seed company.

Ferry Morse Seed Company – the first to put seeds in a packet.

Lilly Miller – a Northwestern favorite

Thought for the Day: I want to grow my own food, but I can’t find bacon seeds.

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Vegetable Gardening information Garden Hobbies, loaded with vegetable gardening tips.

Carbohydrates in Vegetables – All vegetables have carbs.

Vegetable Plant Botanical Names Cross reference common plant names to botanical names, for your favorite vegetables.

Official State Vegetables – What is your state official state vegetable?

Vegetable Plant pH Levels – find the ideal level for your plants.

About seeds and saving seeds

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Did you know? We all have fears. Psychologists can hardly keep track of all our phobias. Just so you know, Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables.

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