Spring planting:
strawberries*
sugar snap peas*
lettuces
radishes
beets
chives
Summer planting:
edamame
corn
green beans*
summer squash / zucchini
grape or cherry tomatoes* (okay, see the statements below about tomatoes)
sunflowers, marigolds
hot peppers (if your summer is not too short)
basil
parsley
*children usually enjoy picking
For the bold, there are some slightly harder but really worthwhile crops. Here are my suggestions for dealing with the biggest difficulties of these medium-easy plants.
carrots - need a lot of watering at first, and take a while to come up (interplant with radishes to mark the rows)
pumpkin - needs a lot of space (plant near the edge of your garden and follow the spacing recommendations on the packet no matter how ridiculous it seems at first; mulch the area around the hills to keep weeds from filling in the gaps)
tomatoes - need staking and can get crazy (I like the large, round metal cages; "pinch out" the extra vines that try to grow between the main vine and the branches); also can suffer from blight in hot, humid areas (pinch off the diseased leaves and chuck 'em in the woods (or trash can); mulching around the base of the plant can help; don't let the branches rest on the ground; don't let the plant get too bunched up)
If anyone is looking for some tips for starting their new garden, check out the "New to Gardening?" link above.
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