6 Plants for Your Veggie Garden

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Lettuce and other leafy greens are an early-spring treat. Lettuce grows best in cool, damp weather and can withstand a light frost, so plant it a week or two prior to the last frost date. To plant, scatter seeds on top of the soil and keep the soil moist until germination. Once lettuce is about three to four inches tall, cut off the leaves to about one inch from the soil surface. This will prompt the lettuce to grow to produce another harvest. Repeat for a third harvest.

Once temperatures get hot, lettuce gets bitter and bolts, meaning flowers and seeds are produced prematurely. When this occurs, remove plants and add compost to the soil, then replant the crop again in late summer for fall harvest.