Good crops for the beginning gardener

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What to include for each crop

1. Name (in link)
2. When to sow or plant
3. How to sow or plant
4. Soil
5. Fertilizers
6. Other conditions
7. Comments

Beans

Main article Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Only sow when there's no danger anymore for frost or night frost. For the region where i have my garden (temperate climate, northern hemisphere) this is after May 15. You can sow until half July, depending on the species. Don't add fresh manure to the soil, but beans like a humus-rich soil so you can add some old compost or saw dust to prevent the beans from rotting.

Beans like full sun.

Sow the beans 7 per stick or group of plants and keep the five best of them. Cover the seeds with ca 2 cm of moist soil.

Beans growing onto sticks: You may need to help the beans fix to the stick with little ropes. The beans make turns anti-clockwise.

Pick those beans that are big enough. Picking the beans stimulates the growth of more beans.

List

1. Beetroot
2. Carrot
3. Celery
4. Cucumber
5. Endive
6. Fava bean
7. Gherkin
8. Kale
9. Leek
10. Lettuce
11. Onion
12. Parsley
13. Parsnip
14. Pea
15. Potato
16. Pumpkin
17. Radish
18. Red cabbage
19. Rhubarb
20. Turnip
21. White cabbage
22. Zucchini