A corner of the garden
Vegetables
Start with vegetables you enjoy eating, then compare sunlight, space and time to harvest below. Use the pot filter for a patio or balcony, or the easy filter for your first crop. Open a crop guide to check its full size and planting season before buying seeds.
Choose manageable crops for your first year or get your garden space ready.
7 crops: easy, happy in a pot, ready in under 60 days
Green Beans
A warm-season crop picked while the pods are crisp and the seeds inside are still small.
- Harvest
- 50 to 60 days
- Effort
- Season
- Warm
Green Onion
An onion grown for its mild green stalks and small white base instead of a dry storage bulb.
- Harvest
- 50 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Kale
A cold-tough leafy green that can keep making harvests well into fall.
- Harvest
- 50 to 55 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Lettuce
A fast, cool weather leaf crop that you can pick from for weeks. It is at its best in spring and autumn, and turns bitter in a hot, dry spell.
- Harvest
- 50 to 70 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Peas
A cool-season vine grown for sweet seeds or tender edible pods.
- Harvest
- 55 to 70 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Radish
A quick, cool-season root crop that is ready in weeks when soil stays loose and moist.
- Harvest
- 25 to 35 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Spinach
A fast, cool-season leaf crop that tastes best before warm, long days make it flower.
- Harvest
- 37 to 45 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
