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.
3 crops: takes some care, ready in under 60 days
Broccoli
A cool-season cabbage-family crop grown for tight green flower buds.
- Harvest
- 50 to 85 daysfrom transplant
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Cucumber
A warm-season vine grown for crisp green fruit that is picked before it turns yellow.
- Harvest
- 50 to 70 days
- Effort
- Season
- Warm
Tomato
A warm season fruit that almost everyone treats as a vegetable, and the crop most people try first. It needs heat, steady water and something to lean on.
- Harvest
- 50 to 85 daysfrom transplant
- Effort
- Season
- Warm
