Your favorite vegetable to grow in summer...?

[hunterseat]

I had cherry tomatoes that came back year after year and grew HUGE. My greatest success. Gotta love something you can't kill!

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by bigbuglf

Raw green beans are wonderful! I don't like them cooked (weird, I know), so the only time I eat green beans is raw from my container garden.

Raw is ok but better is just blanched with a little butter and lemon juice. Also love with just a bit of garlic.

[bigbuglf]

Originally Posted by in_newengland

Good question.

Beets. Light soil to which I add bonemeal. Plant seeds water and you have beet greens. After that you get sweet tender beets. Easy, yummy, don't take up much room.

Mmmm, love beets too, but I've never grown them. Maybe I'll try them this winter in the greenhouse...

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by bigbuglf

Mmmm, love beets too, but I've never grown them. Maybe I'll try them this winter in the greenhouse...

sounds like a winner to me: I might give them a shot about March of next year and then by the time they have done their thing I can pull them up and plant winter squash: I usually get my squash or sweet potatoes in about now or a little earlier and the beet season here is just ending. It went a little longer this year as spring was very late getting here. We actually went from cold, below normal spring weather right into almost record heat. Our nice spring just went in and out way too fast.

[Almrausch]

Originally Posted by Bob12

Tomatoes, green beans, garlic

I wished I had more space to grow green beans again.

[greatblueheron]

Originally Posted by Almrausch

I wished I had more space to grow green beans again.

You could grow them, scarlet runners or pole beans, on a tepee, taking up only 12-15 inches of soil...?

[Almrausch]

Originally Posted by greatblueheron

You could grow them, scarlet runners or pole beans, on a tepee, taking up only 12-15 inches of soil...?

Yes that is an idea,thank you greatblueheron

[bigbuglf]

I grow green beans in a container. They do well.

[greatblueheron]

I've grown zucchini, squash, tomatoes big and small, cucumbers, beans, eggplant, lettuce, spinach, all herbs in containers

and will try broccoli and cauliflower this fall if I can find containers large enough for one plant...they do well as fall plants in my area as well as spring.