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Healthy green asparagus spears emerging at several heights from a weed-free permanent garden bed

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Brassica oleracea var. sabellica

Kale

Kale works best when you treat it like a long-running leaf crop, not a one-time harvest.

Lactuca sativa

Lettuce

Lettuce grows best at 55 to 65 F and turns bitter and bolts when heat or dry soil stress the plants.

Allium cepa

Onion

Most failed Onion crops are not a watering mystery. They are a day-length mismatch or a late start.

Pisum sativum

Peas

Peas succeed when the whole crop is built around one short cool window. Sow into workable spring soil, give the vines support…

Capsicum annuum

Pepper

Pepper plants are not just smaller tomatoes. They pause in cold soil, drop flowers when stress hits fruit set, and ask you to…

Solanum tuberosum

Potato

Potatoes form tubers on underground stems, so loose soil, hilling and even moisture decide the yield more than heavy feeding.