One page per vegetable or herb. Each compares what extension services say about timing, spacing, containers, harvest and common problems, with the sources listed at the end of the page.
- Tomatoes
Bush vs vining types, spacing, stakes and cages, timing, pests and disorders.
- Peppers
Sweet vs hot, soil-temperature timing, spacing, containers, blossom-end rot and sunscald.
- Lettuce
Spring and fall timing, succession sowing, heat and bolting, containers.
- Spinach
Cool-season sowing dates, day length and bolting, containers, overwintering.
- Kale
Spring and fall timing, cold hardiness, containers, cabbage pests, row covers and trap crops.
- Carrots
Types by root length, soil and container depth, slow germination, thinning, harvest and rust fly.
- Radishes
Days to harvest by source, sowing temperatures, spacing, containers, flea beetles, root maggots and trap-crop use.
- Bush beans and pole beans
Bush vs pole habit, soil temperature for sowing, spacing and supports, containers, heat and flower drop.
- Peas
Shelling, snow and snap types, early sowing and soil temperature, spacing, trellis heights, containers and the fall-crop question.
- Cucumbers
Trellis vs ground spacing, soil temperature, slicing, pickling and seedless types, container sizes, pollination and cucumber beetles.
- Zucchini and summer squash
Types, soil temperature and planting dates, spacing, container sizes, male and female flowers, hand pollination and squash vine borer.
- Potatoes
Seed pieces, soil temperature, depth and spacing, hilling, 10–30 gallon containers and grow bags, harvest, curing, storage and greening.
- Basil
Night and soil temperatures for planting, seed starting, spacing, containers, where to pinch, cold damage, downy mildew and resistant varieties.
- Parsley
Why seed takes 2–5 weeks to come up, soaking and sowing, start dates, spacing, 4–6 gallon pots, cutting, the second-year seed stalk and swallowtail caterpillars.
- Cilantro
Why it bolts in heat and long days, spring and fall sowing dates, re-sowing every 2–4 weeks, spacing, 1–3 gallon pots, leaf harvest and coriander seed.