Veggies Myths Home-grown vegetables are cheaper than in the grocery Home-grown vegetables are more nutritious Home-grown vegetables have less pesticides Why grow vegetables at home? Freshness Texture Why grow vegetables at home? Freshness Texture Vegetable Gardens Raised beds (http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/Garden/07842.html)http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/Garden/07842.html Benefits? Materials? Intensive Gardening Most Common Vegetables Sweet corn Beans Peas Tomato Lettuce Squash Peppers Sweet corn Plant in blocks not single rows! Beans Pole or bush? Peas Two seasons (spring and fall) Tomatoes Staking needed! Avoid over-fertilization! Lettuce Two seasons (spring and fall) Bolting Squash Squash borer Powdery mildew Peppers Blossom end rot Bacterial rot