5 Easy to Grow Vegetables

photo by Medved

Spring is here and you're ready to start your organic vegetable garden — but what should you plant? Which vegetables grow well together? What about easy to grow vegetables for the novice gardener?

Growing your own veggies is a great way to:

• Save money
• Eat organic
• Cut down on the eco effects of food transportation and packaging

Organic fruits and vegetables are increasingly expensive. At the same time, the sustainability and health benefits make going organic an important green living step. If you haven't already, this is the year to start your own little plot of sustainable, eco-friendly, organic food — may as well go for the vegetables that are easier to grow and work well together in terms of companion planting.

Start your cop with these 5 easy growing veggies:

photo by CDC

1. Beans
2. Lettuce
3. Carrots
4. Beets
5. Cucumbers

If you want to plant a couple companion herbs, consider borage, which has lovely little purple flowers that attract honeybees and predatory insects, and sage, which repels bean parasites.