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The next important question to answer is what kinds of vegetables should be planted, and how much of each kind will need to be purchased. I personally think it’s a lot more satisfying and fun to grow vegetables and herbs that my family and I enjoy eating. When I fi rst started growing things I wasted a lot of time, money and space on veggies that no one in the family wanted to eat like cabbage, kohlrabi, turnips and beets. For the last several years I have stuck with a list of between 12 and 15 dif- ferent vegetables that we all enjoy. That being said, some crops require a lot more room than others, so even though everybody loves sweet corn, you prob- ably won’t get more than a few corn plants to fi t in a small 10-foot by 12-foot garden plot; it would make


more sense to buy vegetables that don’t take up a lot of space in the garden, like okra, sweet corn, melons and sweet potatoes, at the local farmers’ market, and stick to vegetables that will grow in smaller spaces when you start out.


If you have a little room left, consider planting one of the top fi ve herbs planted by home gardeners: parsley, basil, oregano, thyme, and sage. A trellis can be constructed on the north edge of the garden plot to accommodate climbing beans and cucumbers.


When I was writing this article approximately one month ago, I was rushing to plant the cool season crops like cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, spinach, onions, carrots, radishes and potatoes. Now that it


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is April, I am planting snap beans and will shortly set out my tomatoes. You can still plant the early vegetables now, but they will have diffi culty with high temperatures before they completely come to harvest. Later this month I plan to set peppers, egg- plant, squash and corn. After it really warms up in early May, I will plant melons and okra. You can get a great vegetable garden planning guide for Oklahoma from your county cooperative extension offi ce or online at http://osufacts.okstate. edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1092/HLA- 6004web.pdf


I hope you have a wonderfully successful and pro- ductive vegetable garden this year! OL


Allan’s Favorite Vegetable Varieties


✓ ASPARAGUS U.C. 157 Mary Washington Jersey Giant


✓ BEANS


Kentucky Wonder (pole)


Blue Lake Contender Provider Top Crop


✓ BEETS Detroit Dark Red Red Ace


Early Wonder Green Top


✓ BROCCOLI Calabrese DiCicco Emperor Green Comet Pack Man


✓ BRUSSEL SPROUTS


Jade Prince Marvel


✓ CABBAGE Golden Acre Emerald Cross Stonehead


Early Flat Dutch Savoy Ace Red Ace Ruby Bal


✓ CANTALOUPE Bush Musketeer Ambrosia Burpee Hybrid


✓ CARROT Gold Pack Imperator Danver’s Half Long Chantenay


Scarlet Nantes Half Long


✓ CAULIFLOWER Burpee Early White Hybrid


Early Snowball Snow Crown


✓ CHARD Fordhook Giant Lucullus


✓ CORN


Early Sunglow (63 days)


Early Xtra/sweet (85 days)


Jubilee (85 days)


Kandy Corn (SE) (89 days)


How Sweet It Is (SS) (87 days)


✓ COLLARDS Champion Georgia


✓ KOHLRABI Early White Vienna Early Purple Vienna


✓ LETTUCE Salad Bowl Buttercrunch Grand Rapids Ruby Red Little Gem Romaine


✓ OKRA


Clemson Spineless Annie Oakley Dwarf Green Long Pod


✓ COWPEA Purple Hull Black Eye Pea Crowder


✓ CUCUMBER Marketmore 80 Straight Eight Victory County Fair Burpee Hybrid II Spacemaster Suyo Long Burpless


✓ EGGPLANT Black Beauty Burpee Hybrid


Ichiban Improved Long


✓ KALE Red Russian Blue Vates


Blondy Lee


✓ ONION


Sweet Spanish, White and Yellow Red Burgundy White Bermuda


Granex, White and Yellow Vidalia Texas Grano ✓ PEAS Little Marvel Alaska Wando


Sugar Snap (edible pod)


✓ PEPPERS


California Wonder (sweet) Yolo Wonder (sweet) Lady Bell (sweet) Bell Boy (sweet) Sweet Banana (sweet) Hungarian Wax (hot) Jalapeno (hot) Anaheim (mildly hot)


✓ POTATOES Norland (Red) Red Pontiac (Red) Kennebec (White) Irish Cobbler (White) Yukon Gold (Yellow)


✓ PUMPKIN Autumn Gold


Lack O Lantern Small Sugar Pie


✓ RADISH Champion Scarlet Globe Cherry Belle White Icicle


✓ SPINACH


Bloomsdale Long Standing New Zealand Melody America


✓ SUMMER SQUASH


White Patty Pan


Early Prolifi c Yellow Straight Neck


Pic N Pic Yellow Crook Neck


Sundance Yellow Crook Neck


Parks Green Whooper Zucchini


Black Zucchini


✓ WINTER SQUASH Bush Table Queen Acorn


Jersey Golden Acorn


Butter Cup (Turban shaped)


Waltham Butternut (Bottle shaped)


Early Butternut Hy- brid Vegetable Spaghetti


✓ SWEET POTATO Centennial New Golden Jewell Vardaman


✓ TOMATOES Sungold (57) Glacier (58) New Girl (62) Early Girl (62) Sweet One Million (65) Super Sioux (70) Crimson Fancy (75) Parks Whooper (75) Brandywine (78) Celebrity (80) Big Rainbow (90) Lucky Cross (90) Cherokee Purple (80) Big Boy (80) Beef Master (80)


✓ TURNIP


Purple Top White Globe Seven Top (greens) Tokyo Cross


✓ WATERMELON Burpee’s Sugar Bush Sugar Baby All Sweet


Black Diamond Charleston Gray Jubilee or Royal Jubilee


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