1. Start with easy crops. Here are several garden veggies that are good confidence-builders--they are fairly easy to grow, clearly show progress as they develop, are very forgiving, and generous with their bounty:
- Beets
- Bush Beans
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Garlic
- Green Pepper
- Lettuce
- Onion
- Pole Beans
- Radish
- Summer Squash
2. Plant your favorite(s). Even if your favorite is a little more work to grow, give it a try. There's no use in learning a new skill if you don't accomplish something pleasing for yourself?
3. Don't plant anything you're not going to eat. If you don't eat green peppers, don't grow them. Similarly, if you don't plan to eat a thousand radishes in a month's time, don't plant a thousand radish seeds. If you eat about a radish a day (that's a lot!), then plant a dozen or so every two weeks.
4. If you can't make it to the garden to work everyday, plant veggies that
don't need to be tended or harvested everyday: cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, carrots and beets.
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