

Starting your Vegetable Garden
It is approaching the time of year to plant those cool season annual vegetables! These include lettuces, spinach, kale, peas, onions, beets, radishes, brussel sprouts, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. In Iowa, these vegetables will need to be planted in early spring because if they are exposed to temperatures over 80 to 85 degrees, they will get bitter or stop producing. Plant seedlings of these cool-weather lovers in mid-April or so. Or plant peas, onion, beets and radishe