outdoors
L A N D S C A P IN G
Findallyou needto know
about growing vegetables at
BHG.com/veggies
yellow tomato
cherry tomato
cucumber
red tomato
romaine &
butterhead
lettuce
carrot
chard
onion
looseleaf,
lettuce /
mixed greens
spinach
radish
Salad Garden
mild chile
pepper
bell pepper
hot chile
pepper
eggplant
onion
onion
garlic
oregano
basil
Salsa Garden
red tomato
tomatillo
cilantro
Grow what you really eat
Let your favorite cuisine be the guide when you plan your garden. (See
the gardens above for three delicious choices.) Plant salad greens,
radishes, and carrots in early spring for harvest no later than early
summer. Plant warm-season crops such as peppers and tomatoes after
the last spring frost. Buying seedlings from garden centers is
convenient. However, seed catalogs and racks offer more varieties,
and starting seeds yourself is easy and saves money. ®
For more information about salsa gardens, see page
Italian Garden
HARVEST OF PLENTY
In a season, two
4
x
8
beds like
these—using an area about
10
x
10
feet—could easily yield
40-50
lbs. of tomatoes,
10
lbs.
of cucumbers, bushels of
salad greens, and baskets full
of the other vegetables
shown. And they’ll cost a
fraction of what you’d pay at
the grocery store.
98 APRIL 2009 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
ILLUSTRATOR: NATE PADAVICK
