Top 10 VEG for beginners
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All of these easy-care favourites are ideal for those starting off on the home-grown journey and most can be grown in containers.
Salad leaves![salad-leaves](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/salad-leaves.jpg)
Cut-and-come-again varieties of salad leaves can be cut repeatedly to give multiple harvests.
Radish![radish](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/radish.jpg)
The fail-safe vegetable that’s ready in break-neck speed. Sow into pots or open ground.
Tomato![tomatoes](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tomatoes.jpg)
Once you’ve tried home-grown tomatoes there’s no turning back to supermarket toms.
Carrot![carrot](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/carrot.jpg)
Finger-sized carrots are deliciously sweet. Ideal for sandier soils, or grow them in containers.
Courgette![courgette](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/courgette.jpg)
Once they’re established courgettes are prolific. Keep picking them and they’ll keep coming!
Potato![potato](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/potato.jpg)
Even if you haven’t got a garden you can grow spuds in potato tubs or old compost bags.
Runner beans![runner-beans](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/runner-beans.jpg)
Like courgettes, runner beans are an eager vegetable that will keep cropping all summer long.
Beetroot![beetroot](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/beetroot.jpg)
With their earthy taste and rouge colour, beetroot is one of Britain’s favourite allotment crops.
Spinach![spinach](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/spinach.jpg)
The smooth and creamy texture of spinach makes it equally as good in stir-fries as it is fresh in salads.
Spring onion![spring-onion](https://www.themomentmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/spring-onion.jpg)
Keep them well watered and you’ll be enjoying peppery spring onions in next to no time.