I am starting a vegetable garden and am wordering which ones grow best in a...

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...central michigan climate? got about 10'x12' of space, full sun, and would like to start very soon. i am going to start them off inside then transplant them. i am going to use peat pods to start them in, have had great luck with flowers in them in the past.
 
I was told by an old farmer that if you have a green thumb you can grow anything. If you don't have a green thumb, or you don't know if you have one, there are several vegetables that are easy to grow.

Carrots
Green Beans
Sweet Peas
Summer Squash (zucchini)
Tomatoes
Peppers
Onions

If you go to your local garden center they will have the varieties out that grow best in your region. Some plants take a long time before they reach maturity (like tomatoes) so many people in northern areas will plant varieties that mature faster.

Some plants like onions will do just fine planted in the garden a few weeks before the last frost (or even in the fall to weather the winter). Tomatoes should be started 6 weeks before the last frost, and peppers 8-10 weeks.
 
Tomatoes and peppers always do really well and you can start them inside about this time.
 
I am also in Michigan and had very good lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, miniature pumpkins, strawberries last year. I put all of them (except tomatoes) right into the ground, no seedlings. This year I have started Asparagus, but it will take three years until I can harvest (I did not realize it took that long!). We are also trying spinach this year.

About the only thing that didn't get big enough to harvest was the watermelon. I don't think it received enough sun as I put it in the back of the garden with more shade during the day and it took much longer for them to grow to full size. I would start those indoors if I were to do them again this year.
 
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