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32 Vegetables to Consider Growing in Your Garden

By Charlie Nardozzi & The National Gardening Association

Vegetable Types

So you’ve decided to plant a vegetable garden. You’re in for a rewarding and healthy treat as you grow and serve your own food.

After you commit some soil and some energy to creating a vegetable garden, you need to decide which vegetables to plant. This page helps you decide what to grow (or it may convince you to get some more soil and some more energy for an even bigger garden!).

Here are 32 vegetable plants for you to consider. Click on each one for detailed information about different varieties, growing, and caring for your plants.

Asparagus	Cucumbers	Pumpkins
Beans	Eggplant	Radish
Beets	Lettuce	Rhubarb
Broccoli	Melons	Spinach
Brussels Sprouts	Mustard Greens	Squash
Cabbage	Onions	Summer Squash
Carrots	Okra	Winter Squash
Cauliflower	Peas	Swiss Chard
Celery	Peppers, Hot	Tomatoes
Collards	Peppers, Sweet	Turnip
Corn, Sweet	Potatoes


From Gardening All-In-One for Dummies, Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc


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