If you're starting a brand new garden this year, like a lot of people are, what are the very first

plants you should start with? I received this question this week from Courtney, and I thought it was

the perfect question to answer on this podcast. But the answer may surprise you. I'm not going to

list any particular vegetables or herbs or fruit that you should start with,

because the real answer is it depends.

If you listen to my podcast episode with Kevin Espiritu and Melissa K. Norris a few weeks ago,

when we talked about nine crops that you should grow in a crisis situation,

each of us had actually chosen three different crops, and you're talking about three different

gardeners from three different locations, and we still didn't choose the same options.

The truth is, what plants you start in your garden may differ and probably will differ from other people.

But here are a few questions that you can answer yourself to get you a little bit closer to the

answer you're looking for. Number one, choose crops that you already eat. What are vegetables that

you and your family enjoy? Make a list if you need to. But you definitely want to be starting with the crops that you and your family enjoy make a list if you need to but

you definitely want to be starting with the crops that you will be so excited about

growing and eating number two take into consideration your climate and what

grows well there Courtney has moved from one state to another with two different gardening climates.

And even though she didn't garden, I don't think, in the previous state she was living in,

she's still having to get used to a completely different climate.

If you don't know what grows well in your area and if you're a first time gardener, that's

very possible.

Then ask people, post on Facebook, ask questions, what grows well here, what should I start with?

And I'll tell you, gardeners are more than willing to answer those questions because if you get us talking about gardening, we don't tend and want to stop.

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