When you begin growing your own food you don’t have a strong intuition that will tell you when to do what in your garden. Here’s an overview of vegetables suitable for growing food as a beginner:
| English name | Latin name | Variant | ||
| 1 | Bean | Phaseolus Vulgaris | Promotor, (Hammenhögs) | |
| 2 | Bean, short | Phaseolus Vulgaris | Maxi, (Hammenhögs) | |
| 3 | Beetroot | Beta Vulgaris | Bull’s Blood | |
| 4 | Beetroot, long | Beta Vulgaris | Kosak | |
| 5 | Carrot | Daucus Carota ssp. Sativus | Nantes 2 | |
| 6 | Corn | Zea Mays | Spring Sun F1 | |
| 7 | Leek | Allium Porrum | Bulga | |
| 8 | Lettuce | Lactuca Sativa | Mix | |
| 9 | Parsnip | Pastinaca Sativa | White Gem | |
| 10 | Pea | Pisum Sativum | Delikett | |
| 11 | Radish | Raphanus Sativus | Round Red Small White Tip 2 | |
| 12 | Red Onion | Allium Cepa | Red Baron | |
| 13 | Spinach | Spinacia Oleracea | Bordeaux F1 | |
| 14 | Zucchini | Cucurbita Pepo | Black Beauty | |
| 15 | Tagetes, high | Tagetes Erecta | Crackerjack Mix | |
| 16 | Yellow Onion | Allium Cepa | N.A. |
And here’s a plan showing when to do what:
(“Germinate” in a warm place indoors and “Sow” outside in the garden.)
It shows for example that a crop like 9. Parsnip is sowed in the spring and harvested in the winter. It also shows that 11. Radish is fast to produce, which is good for kids because it’s easy to have success with it.
I’m growing all of the above in 2008 and the seeds are available from Weibulls. I believe it’s a Swedish company so the plan is probably best for Scandinavia, but it would probably work on other locations near latitude 56N with small adjustments.
