Top Crops for Southern Interior Gardening:
 Here are the Top Ten crops for the Southern Interior region, followed by other recommended crops, as rated in our National Survey of Most Productive Garden Crops. (The criteria for selection include ease of culture, efficient use of garden space and time, ease of storage and desirability at the table.) The recommended crops are sorted by plant family to help you plan rotations so that the same plant families are not grown consecutively in the same area, as much as possible. |
Other Highly Recommended Crops:Cabbage family: Cabbage, collards, kale Cucumber family: Cantaloupe, watermelon, winter squash Leafy greens: Arugula, chard, lettuce, mache, mustard (all types), pac choi, sorrel, spinach, turnip greens Legumes: Asparagus/yard-long bean, bush lima bean, dry soup beans, edamame, pole beans, snow/snap and shell peas Root crops: Potato, radish, rutabaga, shallot, sunchoke, sweet potato Tomato family: Eggplant, tomatillo Miscellaneous: Asparagus, okra, rhubarb, scallion, sweet corn |
