Essential Plants for Kitchen Gardens

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Kitchen gardens are gardens which are located as near as possible to your kitchen door. This allows you to grow your own vegetables, herbs, and fruits right within easy reach when you’re cooking. Kitchen gardens provide you with nutritious and fresh foods for an entire season.

These plants can be grown in a variety of ways. You can start a raised bed garden, a container garden, or plant them directly into the earth.

Take a look.

Essential Plants for Kitchen Gardens

Leaf Lettuce

Use leaf lettuce in salads or to top a sandwich. Grow in decorative pots and watch the show.

A close up of a lettuce plant in a kitchen garden. — Indeed, owners of kitchen gardens vote for leafy green lettuce as their favorite crop.

Chives

Toss chives in a salad or top anything! Of course, everyone loves the flavor.

A close up of purple chives in a kitchen garden. — Because they are versatile, chives are another favorite.

Strawberries

Grow strawberries in a vertical stacking container for a yearly crop.

A person's hands holding a bunch of strawberries from a kitchen garden. — Of course, sweet and juice strawberries are always popular.

Rosemary

Because it is an evergreen plant, you can enjoy rosemary almost year round.

A rosemary sprig in a kitchen garden. — Gardeners use rosemary for seasoning everything.

Parsley

Grow parsley in a container or in the ground for good flavor!

A close up of a kitchen garden plant with green leaves. — You probably know this. Parsley is one of the most widely used herbs in the world.

Sweet Basil

Use sweet basil fresh or make a pesto to freeze for the winter.

Two green basil plants in a kitchen garden. — Sweet basil grows equally well in containers or in the ground.

Arugula

Is there anything better than the peppery bite of arugula on your pizza?

A pizza with tomatoes and spinach on a white background in a kitchen garden. — In addition to using it in salads, chefs pair arugula with tomato sauces. Divine!

Tomatoes

Grow tomatoes to use fresh. Or, can or freeze them for the winter months.

Many red tomatoes are piled up in a pile at kitchen gardens. — Plant tomatoes for their juicy flavor.

Lavender

Black thumb? Plant lavender. It’s foolproof!

Lavender flowers in front of a log with a mountain in the background, showcasing a serene garden setting. — Aside from cooking use, plant lavender for the showy flowers.

Snap Peas

Snap peas grow quickly. This means you get to enjoy the goodness in just a few short weeks.

Green peas in pods on a white wooden table in a kitchen garden. — Grow quick-harvest plants like snap peas.

Kitchen gardens provide home cooks with a bounty of flavor. In addition, these gardeners enjoy the satisfaction of knowing they grew their own ingredients.

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