If this is your first year gardening, you should probably look at plants that require little maintenance on your part.

Great choices would be the pepper and tomato plants. They thrive in vegetable gardens. Both require plenty of heat, which makes them a great choice for raised beds.

Beans also grow easily from seed. They love the sunlight and provide large crops throughout the summer, you’ll find yourself picking them over and over.

Now is a good time to plant lettuce and spinach, since they do best in cooler weather. You’ll want to harvest them in the spring months and then reseed later in the summer. Late August is a good time for a second harvest.

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