Start by choosing seeds from a New England or Connecticut–based company. Local seed companies offer varieties adapted to our shorter growing season and changing spring temperatures. One seed packet is ...

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The hardy vegetables can be planted beginning by early March. Hardy vegetables are the root vegetables except potatoes and the leaf and flower bud vegetables. Examples are onion, radish, beet, lettuce ...

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These beginner‑friendly, space‑saving plants thrive when started in early spring and keep producing into summer.