We recently took a trip to the East Coast and one of the places we stopped was Harborside, Maine the home of Eliot Coleman Barbara Damrosch and their Four Season Farm.
We were lucky enough to meet Eliot Coleman and he graciously signed 3 copies of The Four Seasons Farm Cookbook for us to giveaway to 3 lucky readers.
All you have to do to enter this giveaway is leave a comment below and let us know: What is your favorite fruit or vegetable to grow.
Rules
1 entry per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified.
Three people will win one autographed copy of The Four Season Farm cookbook.
This giveaway ends Sunday, April 28th, 2013 @9 pm PST and the winner will be announced in the April 29th, 2013 edition of Mornings with Mavis. You will be notified via email and have 48 hours to claim your prize. If the prize is not claimed within 48 hours it will be forfeited.
Good Luck, I hope you win.
Heather Paullus says
Cucumbers are so yummy! This is our first year of growing our own garden!
Wendy J @ rockinwhatyagot says
I love to grow grape tomatoes!
Lara says
Herbs! Only thing I have tried so far, but we do have radishes, spinach, strawberries, pea and onions in our square foot garden
Arianne Verner says
Altouth I enjoy very much the strawberries, I say sprouts because it can grow all year in my kitchen.
Cindy says
So hard to decide! I would have to say Kale, because it has so many uses and grows so well in our climate 🙂
Beatrice Berry says
I love to grow lettuce because we eat so much of it. Love fresh grown tomatoes too and my favorite fruit to grow is grapes.
Pam Lyon says
TOMATOES!!!
I love the variety and easy of growing!!!!
Jessica Grell says
Lemon Cucumbers!
Judith says
My favorite vegetable is beet greens! But really, I have too many favorites to pick one. I’m about to plant some cutting celery and lovage, which may be my new favorites.
Tabitha K. says
Sugar snap peas!!!
Missy says
Lately it has been cucumbers. I love fresh cucs! We preserve a really yummy sweet relish that we can’t get enough of and those cucumbers come in handy. This year, along with our regular cucumbers, we’re trying sour gherkins too. Excited to see how they turn out!
Kim says
I love to grow tomatoes and sweet peppers.
Lara VanInwegen says
Potatoes!! 🙂
Amanda says
Oh my goodness…so inspired by your post about them! I love growing anything, but right now, my pepper seedlings have me smiling 🙂
Christa H says
Tomatoes.
I watched their gardening show when I was a teen!
Linda says
Tomatoes and green beans…squash, corn, oh the list just goes on~~
Donna says
Hungarian Yellow Wax peppers!
michael says
I have Eliot’s Four Seanon Harvest book & Barbara’s Garden Primer;both excellent resources containing much, much farming wisdom. I most enjoy eating (er.. a growing) tomatoes
Wish me luck 😉
Megs says
I am just starting a garden this summer, so I am looking forward to growing rhubarb. I love anything made with rhubarb!!!!
Becky says
Narrowing it down to one favorite is difficult. I’d have to say beets, plain or pickled, they’re delicious!
Christina says
For the last year or two my favorite vegetables to grow have been anything heirloom! It’s really pretty to see all the unique colors and shapes!
Susan says
I love to grow cucumbers!!
Jennifer T says
I really enjoy growing green beans and pumpkins.
David says
Kirby cucmbers…I love homemade pickles.
Anne-Marie Bilella says
Basil, Basil and more Basil!!! I love the regular genovese, thai basil and Tulsi(holy basil)- all varieties.
Tracy says
Poll green beans and tomatoes. I container garden now since I no longer have space for a garden.
kerrie says
Artichokes are my favorite right now! My favorite fruit to grow is strawberries. There is nothing like a sun warmed strawberry plucked right out of the garden and because my granddaughter loves to pick and eat them as soon as she walks out the door to the garden.
gardenpat says
I am thrilled to have Arctic Kiwis growing well here in Ohio and love these tasty little “greenies”!!!
Tracy L. says
Cucumbers!!!!
ay jay says
Kale!! Great in smoothies, as chips, sauted or salad greens!! Love kale!
Holly H says
Tomatoes and basil!
Nancy says
Tomatoes (and zucchini!)
Stephanie Lenox says
It is so hard to decide which I like best to grow! I’ll say Potatoes. When they are ready to harvest it’s like hunting for easter eggs! Thanks for a chance to win!
Aubre says
My favorite vegetable to grow is heirloom tomatoes. I have 18 plants (9 different varieties) in my raised boxes right now. My favorite fruit to grow is any kind of berry – strawberry, blackberry, blueberry. 🙂
Modern Mia Gardening says
I love to grow basil. In the summer, I live on pesto and bowtie pasta. Even my kids love it.
Sandy says
Love tomatoes…nothing beats that fresh flavor straight from the garden. My favorite lately has been the grape tomato varieties and popping out at lunch time for a quick snack of them is the best.
Kathy says
I love planting asparagus, tomatoes, and raspberries!
Emilie says
Gosh, how to choose a favorite?! Tomatillos are up there for me – easy to grow, easy to preserve (pop ’em in a freezer bag whole, they don’t stick together or anything), and taste sooooo much better than store-bought (which tend to have a weird funk I can’t stand).
Jessica says
I love to grow jalapenos. It’s fun to watch them get bigger and bigger and then turn bright red.
molly says
I love growing cilantro and arugula because i eat them so often! i’m trying sunchokes this year and they are growing like gangbusters! might be a new fave!
Jessica says
I love to grow jalapenos. It’s fun to watch them go from green to bright red.
Ingrid says
I love to grow strawberries! (and I love to eat them)
Karina says
Basil because I can — though I’m not sure it qualifies as a vegetable . . . ? Anyway, I’d love to learn to grow more!
Ponyryd says
Asparagus – plant it once and it keeps coming back. Could say the same for strawberries, but the asparagus wins because it is harvested the earliest in the growing season.
Thanks!
Kelsey says
I LOVE to grow tomatoes. They are a must in MN, they get you through the winter. I have 72 seedlings growing this year.
Dawna M. says
I love to grow tomatoes. I try to grow a new type every year. This year I am growing Wapsipinicon Peach, Carbon, Blondkopfchen, Hillbilly Potato Leaf, and Black Cherry.
Becky Nelson says
Oh how exciting! I first started watching them on PBS! I love gardening and my favorite thing to grow is food….lol! But I will have to say Oregon sugar snap peas because once my Gramma gave me one from her garden I was hooked on learning all I can about gardening!
Cecily says
Definately tomatoes. What other fruit/vegetable comes in 7500 different varieties?!
Shay says
I like growing sweet peppers the best. They are delicious and seem to survive the Texas heat pretty well.
Christine says
Strawberries
They go hand in hand with childhood. We have them growing in our front and back yards. The children enjoy picking and eating them for snacks. I remember doing the same in my parents garden growing up. 🙂
Thank you for hosting this giveaway.
vicki rossiter says
Green beans!
Joy says
Tomatoes! There are so many!
Julie Hofmann says
What a great book. Read a book by his daughter about growing up with his philosophies. Very interesting. But for me, herbs, berries & tomatoes.
Susan Reid says
Edemame is my new favorite after growing them for the first time this year. Wowzer…i am planting a whole bed of these little blissful pods of nuttiness next year. I love to see my kids fighting over a bowl of vegetables…ha.
Jenny says
Salad greens! I think I have 12 different kinds of greens planted now and another 6 to add through the season, we are pretty serious about salad greens at our house!
eric says
It has to be cucumbers! I love anything pickled and I pickle my cucumbers in about 5 different ways. Delicious.
Melissa W. says
Since this is our first year with a garden we are focusing on tomatoes and pepper … also trying a few herbs and making a game plan for next year 🙂
anne says
I enjoy everything I grow in my garden but tomatoes seem to be my best crop.
Jenni says
By far my favorite is strawberries! There’s nothing sweeter!!
Hannah says
I love growing tomatoes. There is nothing like a fresh tomato, picked straight from the garden. This year, I’m canning for the first time – we’ll see how it turns out!
Carol says
Tomatoes!
Karen says
I love growing banana peppers – both hot and mild! : )
Penny says
I love growing lots of things but my favorite right now at 34 wks pregnant is rhubarb…because I don’t have to do anything…it just grows 😉
Stephanie S says
I love everything I’ve been able to grow, but tomatoes are by far my favorite. Nothing can compare to a freshly picked tomato straight from my own garden.
Rachael says
I love the herbs, but they struggle in my garden. But jalapeno peppers and Joe’s Round Peppers do great.
Melody says
Asparagus 🙂
Just planted first time.. Grow Gus Grow!!
Pat Giaquinta says
I love to grow peaches almost as much as I like to see my grandsons eat them (they’re so juicy that they soak they’re sleeves when they eat them). My 8 year old grandson loves the peach cake that I make so I love to use our fresh peaches to make cakes & freeze some for later in the year. There’s nothing as rewarding as growing chemical-free foods for your kids and grandkids!!!!!!!!!!
Linda M says
Hard to choose….faves are peaches, strawberries, tomatoes and sweet corn.
Zac says
Love growing tomatoes and sugar snap peas!
Elizabeth says
Strawberries! My son and I love them fresh from the garden.
Lori Kaiser says
I love to grow winter squash and all kinds of beans…all heritage and open-pollinated. Have been a fan of the Coleman’s for many years. Jealous of you Mavis for having a visit at their garden and greenhouses! (Just kidding)!!! Hope you brought back lots of tips to share with us. Love your site girl!
Jade says
Tomatoes! Nothing better than a homegrown ‘mater!
Lisa-Marie Haugmoen says
I love everything that grows in my garden,but I have a soft spot for the different squashes.
I’m glad you loved Maine! There is an incredible old farm near me that just came up for sale,near the ocean!! Hint! Hint!
Annie P says
fresh tomatoes, make the best BLT ever
Susan Baker says
In Texas I love to grow Brussell Spounts and Tomatoes! For me the easiest to grow are Cumcumbers. But Blueberries and Strawberries are grown in my back year too. Love to plant and grow, it heals my soul.
LINDA WRIGHT says
tomatoes
Kaja Sample says
I love to grow zucchini and tomatoes!
Marcy says
Sugar Snap Peas. Grow like crazy and the kids, including my OMG won’t eat a veggie, picks them off and eats them.
Patty says
Basil. I love being able to walk out the back door and pick fresh basil. And I freeze some to use in sauces dining the winter.
Glenda Sessions says
Yellow squash….it is such a beautiful plant!!
Diane N says
Just LOVE to grow potatoes because harvesting them is like a treasure hunt!
Sarah G. says
Strawberries! My kids love them right off the vine or mixed with yoghurt and granola!
Sakura says
I love growing green beans!!! My Favorite!!
Lisa says
Strawberries! My daughters love to pick em and plop them right in their mouths!
Mr Christopher L Culp says
Tomatoes!
crystal says
blueberries and rhubarb!
Jennifer Schumacher says
beans! The kids love to pick them and you can start them early!
Kellianne says
Greens! Kale, Swiss Chard, Baby Spinach.
Holly says
My favorite right now are radishes – they come in so many varieties and are almost instant gratification since they mature so quickly. They are also one of those veggies that is just not the same store bought. Hooray for gardening!
Beth says
I love growing tomatoes!!
Patti M says
My favorite and only is tomatoes. Nothing beats a fresh tomato on a hot summer day.
Kellianne says
Oh, I’m sorry…my message came through twice. Totally unintentional! I’m not able to delete. Would you be so kind and delete my duplicate?
Joann says
Kale! Kale! Kale!
Marcia@Frugal Healthy Simple says
I’m not very good of a gardener. I like tomatoes, but I have to say the best for me is delicata squash. It’s the one thing that I’ve grown without trying. The last two years it has just grown out of my compost pile. 🙂
Marg Tuinstra says
Scarlet Runner Beans!
Cheryl says
LOVE to grow strawberries!! So easy, so delicious, and my daughter loves them!
Lisa R says
Basil and sugar snap peas! Love the freshness of both.
vickie says
Right now I would just love to plant a garden but I love to plant green beans- rattlesnake and white half runner do well in our garden
Demarie G. says
I love to grow basil. I put it in everything!
Lisa says
I love to grow blueberries because my daughter can pick them with or without me. Last year after she turned one, she already knew how to pick the berries and eat them, this year will be even better as she can determine which ones are ripe enough to eat!
Mary Tonar says
Tomatoes and strawberries
Deborra Sanders says
I love to grow lemon verbena; not only does it make a delicious tea, but the plant is beautiful as well.
Heidi says
beets!
Catherine B says
Strawberries. I have a little kitchen window planter with a few plants and I used to have those special pots when I was a kid. I still buy them, since I don’t get many and it’s my favorite food (I can, and have, eaten a whole flat in a day. I maybe won’t be doing that ever again, but it totally seemed worth it at the time.)
Tricia says
Carrots. I like that they are friendly enough to always grow – even if I accidentally neglect them.
Courtney says
I love growing melons! All melons pretty much.
Brooke says
My first garden, but I am most excited about green beans! I love fresh green beans.
Kim H. says
My favorite to eat is tomatoes but there are never enough and many times the birds and squirrels beat me to them. Jalapenos are my favorite to grow. I have a small patch of sunshine that I chase all summer long.
Vee says
I like to grow peppers in containers.. They are so easy to grow. I am still using the ones from my garden last year.
Ellen Phillippe says
absolutely love growing heirloom tomatoes. i save seeds and start them from seed the next year. purchasing 2 new varieties each year….. soon to be called the “tomato lady”.
Pam Martin says
Eggplants
Tasha K. says
I LOVE tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes are fun to grow, since you can just grab a few and pop them in your mouth on the way by 🙂 Thanks for blogging Mavis! Seeing new posts is one of the highlights of my day!
Crystal says
Strawberries — it reminds me of my mom tenderly tending to her strawberry patch each year.
Elle says
Tomatoes. I know, sounds boring, but even when I didn’t have room for a garden, I always grew at least one tomato. And this year, I’m growing 7 heirloom varieties. 🙂 Nothing beats homegrown tomatoes!
ddf says
really hard to answer! sugar snap peas in the spring, and tomatoes for summer
Alysa says
Tomatoes!! All kinds! Started my heirloom tomatoes from seed this year and am hoping they do as well as the starts I used last year! We shall see 🙂
Ashley says
Tomatoes. So rewarding!
Sarah M says
I loved last year’s raspberries (we had a prolific bush!) and sugar snap peas—me and the girl go out first thing in the morning and eat them!
Sarah M
susan says
I have not planted much, so right now it is tomatoes. Nothing beats a tomato on toast with mayo!! I hope to grow more this summer. I have started cucumbers, three different peppers and squash. Wish me luck with these.
Karen says
I love tomatoes!! I plant as many as I can and all varieties.
Judy says
pumpkins!
Allison says
I love to grow peas because they are a great way to start the growing season! Thank you for the opportunity to win Mavis!
Wendy says
Peas…snow, snap, edible pod, any size, shape or
color!
Katlyn M says
My favorite thing to grow is herbs… basically any kind because fresh herbs make such a difference in any cooking.
Michele ºÜº says
This is a neat giveaway! Thanks!
I’d have to say my favorite it tomatoes because I love the sweet deliciousness that only comes from home grown but zucchini is so easy and prolific (and the gophers don’t like them, so I actually get them).
Susan says
I love growing mesculan greens and tomatoes! 🙂
Ellen says
tomatoes!!! I tried a couple of heirlooms last year that were outstanding. This year I am going to plant some grafted ones. They are like regular tomatoes on steroids! And there is nothing better than cruising the back yard with a handful of sun-warmed cherry tomatoes.
Andrea says
strawberries! they’re awesome in homemade ice cream! 🙂
Evelyn says
Itailian drying tomatoes 🙂
celina says
tomatoes..
and asparagus…
and green peas (although the bunnies here in VA keep eating my plants )
and…ok i’ll stop…since moving to VA, I can grow cayenne peppers like mad so that is fun
sharon says
I love to grow tomatoes. I love even more when I have free volunteers!
Karen W says
Tomatoes!!!!
Katelynd B. says
Tomatoes and squash!
Beth says
I’ve been gardening since a was a wee little thing. I have lots of favorites but I would have to say that this year, my favorite is going to be Tomatoes! And probably Cucumbers too because, due to our location and moving around with the USAF, I have been unable to grow them for many years. I finally have permanent roots of my own and a greenhouse — seeds are sprouting even tho it’s snowing outside and blowing a gale.
Andrea W says
We like anything that can grow in containers! We live in SoCal and have 32 containers on our patio plus a small square foot garden. We just started gardening year round. I think my favorite is our nectarine tree.
Tracey says
I love rhubarb!
Robin B says
Strawberries for spring rebirth, cucumbers for summer salads, and pumpkins for autumn magic.
Nora says
We love to grow blackberries,raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, elderberries and plums. We also grow tomatoes, peppers, squashes etc
Sharon says
HERBS! I love being an herb lady…Rosemary, thyme, oregano, sage, so on and on. I love going out to harvest a handful of flavor throughout the year, and then having that intoxicating smell of Rosemary and sage on my hands for the rest of the day. Magical, I tell ya! Plus, herbs are pretty darn forgiving…they don’t demand too much. 🙂
Anne F. says
If I have to pick one thing, I’d say Lucinato kale. Every week I have a new favorite, though!
Tanks for the giveaway.
Sarah M. says
I love growing strawberries, they taste SO good compared to the big grocery store ones!
Katie C. says
I love growing pickling cucumbers. They’re a great snack for the kiddos to pick!
amanda says
Tomatoes, You can’t be a mater sandwich!
Diana C. says
My favorite vegetable to grow….. hmmmm – probably cucumbers…or maybe tomatoes? Kohlrabi was awesome this winter – and those little bitty round carrots, too! No – has to be cucumbers – nothing like eating one straight out of the garden with a little salt! mmmmm!
Margaret Bushee says
Jalapenos baby!!!
Skye S. says
We love to grow tomatoes. There is nothing like home grown tomatoes!
Joyce says
tomatoes and onions
Krystle L. says
Tomatoes!
Carol says
Peas as they are snacks in the yard.
Teacher Stacy says
Last summer I had the most prolific little cucumber plant, it was a leftover that my mom couldn’t plant and it was just a little machine. I also found that I am REALLY good at making pickles, so I’m going to have to go with Cucumbers!
Lori says
I love strawberries the best! (Tough choice, though!)
Jennifer says
Tomatoes all the way. My toddler and I love watching our plants grow and he’s great help when it comes time to harvest.
Carla says
Salsa garden-tomatoes, cilantro and peppers every year. Just can’t get enough of them.
Eleonora says
I love grow raspberries and eat them with whipped cream 🙂
Heather m says
Carrots, easy and tasty
Jacqui J. says
I only like to grow mint. Because I can’t kill it! But I would love to grow spinach next.
Jen says
Lettuces because they keep giving and giving. And because cold weather crops do well in Wisconsin! 🙂
suzanne says
I love my cucumbers! Use to watch them on tv too.
Tanya Jenkins says
Hands down its tomatoes. There are so many varieties and NOTHING tastes like a tomato fresh from the garden. Cherry tomatoes for salads, romas with fresh mozarella cheese, big beefsteaks on the summer barbequed hamburgers. I love em all!
Preppy Pink Crocodile says
Hands down…TOMATOES! They are my favorite to eat and therefor my favorite to grow!
KK
JennyA says
I am a newbie gardener and will be growing tomatoes, salads, greens anything for a salad!
I would love to win this book…thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
Nicole says
Right now I would have to say lettuce because it grew really well this past fall. Right now where we live the wind is so bad I can’t plant yet – we had snow on Thursday and high winds!
Isabelle says
I love to grow strawberries!
Danielle O says
I’d be happy to grow ANYTHING at this point… Last year all I got was sprouts & no veg :/ That’s the point I’m at now with my radishes & snap peas.. Sprouts are cute, but they don’t feed ya much! I’d loooooove to grow some cucumbers! But apparently that’s asking a lot in WA 😉 Every farm I hit last year, they were short on cukes from the lack of sunshine even in summer.
Robin says
How can I pick just one fruit or vegetable? I love almost all of them. Favorite to grow…again? asking me that questions is like Sophie’s Choice. I think when you train yourself to mostly eat seasonally you appreciate the fruits/veggies for the season you are currently in. Summer is on its way…love summer berries.
Sarah says
I like growing sugar snap peas
Sherle says
Tomatoes!! Love them in all shapes, sizes and colors!
Regina Winslow says
Eggplant! So versatile, what’s not to love? Appetizers, side dishes, meatless main dishes, bake , fry, grill. Grows super well in the desert SW where I live.
Isaias Galen says
Serrano Peppers!! They are great for everything!
Tawna says
I can’t narrow it down! Peas, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli! I don’t have much luck with lettuce or spinach and would like to do better at those!
Mary Ann says
Tomatoes! I love to see how excited my husband gets to be able to eat a home-grown tomato like an apple!
Carrie says
Definitely watermelons! They are so tasty and for some reason I LOVE their leaves!
Becka says
I love growing blueberries, figs, and herbs in our yard!
Annie H says
strawberries. Such a great return on an investment as nothing beats a strawberry straight form the garden. And they are my daughters favorite!
Cary says
Lettuce! Delicious, fresh, straight from the garden yummy lettuce! And tomatoes, and basil, and cilantro- it’s hard to pick just one thing!!!
Heather says
Strawberries. They are so easy to grow and we love them.
kim says
i have tried to grow fennel with not so much luch but it is fun to try!! i enjoy mu grape vines!! thanks
Colleen says
So far it’s been LETTUCE.
I love the variety and color.
I plant it ni my garden as well as use it as foliage to potted plants (bonus)
…Colleen…
Jessica Tungseth says
Tomatoes!!!
Colleen says
So far it’s been LETTUCE.
I love the variety and color.
I plant it ni my garden as well as use it as foliage to potted plants (bonus)
…Colleen…
Tina says
Tomatoes… hands down. They taste soooooo good!
Sandra says
Hands down I love growing TOMATOES!!
Katrina says
Raspberries and green beans are my favorites. Then again everything I grow can be a favorite. I don’t think I would grow fruits or vegetables that I didn’t like.
KariJean says
Raspberries, my favorite every year for as long as I can remember.
Jean says
I grow a lot of standards, including herbs, but a couple years ago Barbara Damrosch wrote about French breakfast radishes in her Washington Post column and got me hooked! (I know…radishes, right? Not one of the big boys of the garden, but just try them and you might be hooked too.) The first one I harvested was about 1-1/4 inches long, and the last one was at LEAST 18 inches long and 3 inches thick! I left it in the ground, hoping it would go to seed, but it never did…just kept growing right through the fall.
I use both the radishes and the greens – they’re great to sauté like arugula or Redbor kale, and I figure if I grew it, I don’t want to throw it away!
I was hoping to buy the book anyway, but now I’ll wait and see if I’m a winner. Thanks for such a cool offer.
mary mcmahon says
thanks for explaining bolting. would love to have a copy of this book. Mary in Cincinnati
kelly says
Tomatoes!!!
Diana T. says
TOMATOES! Nothing beats a homegrown tomato.
T Crossley says
Tomatoes!
Sheila M. says
I like to grow peas. I never seem to grow enough to make a meal because they are my favorite garden snack 😛 My other garden favorite is raspberry. I grew up going to grandma’s house where she grew several long rows of raspberry plants and I was allowed to pick and eat!
Susan says
I love tomatoes and cucumbers but really really love all fresh vegetables from the garden. They taste so much better than those you buy in a store.
Rosemarie says
I enjoy growing carrots and beans.
Karen says
Green beans – pole and bush and summer squash.
Susan says
I loved growing eggplant last year. This year I think I will enjoy the sugar snap peas I have planted. Thanks for all you do.
Teckla says
Tomatoes! Can’t beat fresh garden grown!
Diana Smith says
strawberries…store ones give me hives but I can eat homegrown to my hearts content. No sprays on my berries.
Marilyn says
Has to be tomatoes! I love to go and pick one off of the vine and chomp down. That is one of the fun parts of summer! Plus the chickens love the ones on the bottom of the plants!
Marilyn says
Has to be tomatoes! I love to go and pick one off of the vine and chomp down. That is one of the fun parts of summer! Plus the chickens love the ones on the bottom of the plants!
saralie says
Tomatoees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kathryn A says
I love to grow tomatoes, because they are just so different from anything found in the store. And because I have a reasonable success rate, unlike just about every other veg 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway!
Sharon Weare says
Tomatoes are my favorite to grow because nothing beats a vine-ripened tomato fresh from the garden!
MAnn says
Green beans to eat fresh and to can!
Brenda says
I like to grow green onions.
Becca Gordon says
Hmmm, my favorite fruit/veggie to grow would have to be pumpkins. Every year I keep working on growing the biggest pumpkin I can! The ones I don’t save for carving go to my pigs, who think they get the best treat in the world! 🙂
Mia says
Carrots, definitely. Last year we grew four different varieties and this year I think we’re up to six… a couple orange, red, yellow, white and my favorite RAINBOW!!!
ann dziagwa says
Tomatoesand cucumbers
Melanie says
Zucchini! My kids all love zucchini bread so I bake several loaves at a time and its a great breakfast , we like it sautéed with butter and onions , I use it to make ag sweet relish also and use it in egg salad , tuna , chicken salad or on hot dogs. We also slice it almost all the way through and put sliced onions between the a pat of butter salt n pepper, wrap it in foil and throw on the grill! Yum , come on summer!
Salome Honeycutt says
I love to grow tomatoes. But I am trying asparagus and rhubarb new this year.
Kim says
I was thinking tomatoes because nothing is better than a fresh tomato picked off the vine warm from the sun but then I thought of another one I really love that is not as easy to get…kohlrabi. So I will say kohlrabi, yep, that is my answer 🙂 Kim
patti says
my favorite thing to grow so far has been my asparagus we get it out of the garden and my husband will eat it but if I buy it at the store he won’t……but to be honest I like most vegetables that are right out of the garden ….
Kim says
My first comment did not go through so I am trying again.
I was thinking tomatoes but then I thought about kohlrabi. So I would have to say kohlrabi. I love to peel and eat it like an apple. Kim
Kara says
San Marzano tomatoes for the best sauce ever!
Granny Jacque says
Red Potatoes…..love the sweet little ones with peas and the large ones keep most of the winter!
Bea says
I love to grow mini pumpkins and mini gourds for fall decorating and then beans and tomatoes for eating.
Julie2 says
All types of squash. love em. the bigger the better. Thanks.
Krista p. says
I love growing peppers and sweet potatoes. Last year I got an amazing harvest of both and they were so delicious!
Bill says
I love Radishes!!! Easy to grow and they look and taste great in a salad !
Teri says
Tomatoes for sure! Just can’t beat the flavor of home grown tomatoes!
Brandy says
Swiss chard, because it grows all year-long! (And still tastes good even when it is bolting; in other words, it doesn’t taste like barf–nor does it taste bitter, even). My Swiss chard is bolting right now. If I don’t hurry up and pull it out it will get 6 feet tall or more.
Anke says
I just love growing strawberries. Very tasty, very versatile, and with the runners plenty of new plants to share with friends!
Dawn says
I am choosing garden peas. Everyone keeps telling me how hard it is to grow garden peas where I live and how my grandfather always grew the best garden peas. The best compliment I got was when my mom told me my garden peas looked just as good as her dad’s used to look!
Jen L A says
I think my favorite is squash! So many uses and best grower for me! Thank you!
Lise Wallace says
What?! Choose just ONE favorite?! That’s a tough one! I love my tomatoes, stevia & peppers. But I think my favorite that I’ve always loved is the lemon cucumbers!
Miriam says
It would have to be tomatoes. Nothing beats the taste of a fresh home grown tomato straight of the vine. Picking the first tomato of the season would have to be one of my favourite things in the world.
Donna U says
Little Finger baby carrots and Cotton Candy apriums. Yum!
Michelle says
Beets!
Lauren says
I love growing everything! But I think of the things that I grow, apple trees and bok choy are the most beautiful.
Rose Arehart says
I am a 2nd year farmer to be…my husband decided we needed to grow more produce rather than buy it, I agreed. He plowed up an acre for his darling bride to maintain and cultivate. gooooooooooodness! it’s a lot of work. Last year my success came from the tomatoes and the crooknecked squash, mostly everything else produced very little. I taught myself to can and learned a whole heck of a lot about plants in general. Because the tomatoes and the squash were so easy, I’d say those were my favorites. However I am hoping to put all that learned to good use. My goal is to move onto bigger, better and trickier things. Of course then I would need to know how to cook such items 🙂
Melinda says
I love to grow a tomato plant on my deck and eat them right off the plant.
Kristine says
Tomatoes is still number one for me.
Summer S says
I love to try and grow sugar snap peas
Molly says
Swiss chard is my favorite! The whole family loves it steamed with garlic and butter! Mmm I can taste it!
Sarah W says
I’m still relatively new to the gardening scene, so I love how sugar snap peas and zucchini make me feel so super successful. 🙂
jaime says
I haven’t met a plant that I couldn’t kill, so I’d be happy to grow anything!
Pamela says
I love spinach. And kale. And cucumbers and tomatoes and beets and beans. How are we supposed to choose just one???
Karen C. says
Green beans!
Emily P says
I have planted my first garden this spring. I was too intimidated to try growing my veggies from seed, so I bought the plants and planted them carefully into my raised beds. It has been exciting. However, my curiosity got the better of me and I planted some garden beans from seed. I noticed yesterday they are peaking through the soil!!!! They are my favorite veggie to grow now! And I can’t wait for them to creep and crawl all around their tepees!!!
Rebecca H says
My favorite thing to grow is something NEW every year. I love learning about new vegetables that i haven’t tried yet. so far this year its potatoes and broccoli. Strawberries are always a favorite here though.
Kathy Raymond says
Peas – because the flowers are delightful and fresh picked peas are sweeter than candy, they never make into a cooking pot.
Heather says
Peas because they’re easy and tomatoes because they’re delicious!
Celie says
Onions. There’s something about them being so tall. They seem classy and different somehow.
Jessica M says
It’s so hard to choose my FAVORITE- but I think I’ll go with Cherry Tomatoes- Because the kids have such a blast picking them (There’s always a ton to go around!) I love cooking summer dishes with them.
Julia says
Strawberries are my favorite to grow because they just seem to grow themselves.
Emma B says
strawberries where my first attempt, i would love to grow Tomatoes and pumpkins
Trisha says
I love blueberries!
Sena C. says
My favorite thing to grow is pretty simple….it is whatever will survive…. We have tomatillo plants that come up every year and seem to do very well…..makes awesome salsa verde as well!
Carrie F. says
Cherry tomatoes for sure!
Eileen says
Asparagus, because they are perennials. Once and done!
Okay, I love sugar snap peas, carrots, lettuce, chard, and tomatoes , too.
Shari King says
Strawberries are probably my favorite fruit! My husband helped our pups develop a taste for them, however, so now I have to compete with them for the juiciest ones!
Shelley says
I love to grow tomatoes…
Sally De Serrano says
Hey Mavis! I love your blog, and am always checking to see if you have posted anything new. I live in a small town in south western Ontario, Canada and am so ready to get out there and garden, but our weather is not co-operating like yours…still very cool at night. My favourite fruit to grow are figs! I grow figs year-round,- outside in pots during the summer, and inside my sun porch in the winter. Right now I have a large crop of figs forming on two of my 6 fig plants, and can hardly wait until they are ready,- summer in the sun porch! I have a jack pug named Audie,-she looks a lot like your puggle! Thanks for all the effort you put into your blog,-you really are awesome!
Sarah says
Tomatoes and basil in the greenhouse!
Tina says
I do not have a favourite to grow as I love growing anything that is edible. Providing food for the table is such a rewarding past time no matter if it is a tomato or a raspberry all are super.
Holly Schaad says
Tomatoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laura says
I love growing sugar snap peas and green beans. Although you can’t beat tomatoes too.
Sandy G says
Spinach and kale tie for first, they are easy to grow and they are best when organic…we juice them so we go through a lot.
Devrie Guymon says
Peas!
Raven Zartman says
I may be cheating a bit by saying ‘Salad Mix’ because the salad mix at the farm I work at is more than just lettuce.
It changes from Spring to Winter. But we always have at least 3 types of lettuce in it, ‘weeds’ such as lamb’s quarters (which is packed full of vitamins), beet tops, herbs, arugula, baby spinach,etc. In the middle of summer there is more stuff in our salad mix than lettuce.
I never realized how amazing salad could be before I started working at this farm 2 years ago. Now even when there is snow outside I still get to enjoy freshly cut salad from the greenhouses.
Lissa B says
Tomatoes!
carley says
I love growing green beans! <3
Stacy N. says
WOWEE!!! I love to grow organic strawberries 🙂
Sherry Shay says
Tomatoes and zucchini
Christine says
I love tomatoes.
Kaia says
Beans! They’re so easy and taste great with bacon and salt!
Erin M says
Meyer Lemons in the greenhouse and raspberries in the garden. Raspberries are my very favorite food. In the world.
Cyntha says
Limes, because fresh limeade is so delicious. Plus the lime zest is great for cilantro lime rice.
Shelley D says
Strawberries are my favorite thing to grow.
jen morgan says
Green beans because they are so easy to grow and taste great fresh!
Andrea says
BASIL. (I have very strong feelings about this.) I’m also growing strawberries for the first time this year–they may become my new favorite.
Sarah says
Green onions – I just used the root ends from green onions and now have a constant supply. I’m collecting seeds from them now! These have been growing for a year, for FREE
Sue says
My favorite fruit to grow is peaches — but the tree does all the work, I just watch! My favorite veggie to grow might be garlic because you plant it in the fall and it decides when to grow (and because everything is better when there’s lots of garlic involved) — or it might be brussel sprouts because they’re very cute and because you can harvest them in the snow!
Christine says
I’m a newbie gardener, but I have grown berries (raspberries, gooseberries, currants) Love the raspberries, Hate picking the gooseberries. Ouch!
karen says
Planted a peach tree last year and it has small fruits on it now! I’m hoping home grown peaches will be my favorite fruit this year.
Danette Hull says
Tomatoes
Marie says
Strawberries! Warm and juicy – straights from the plant to my mouth!
Chris M. says
I would have to say my favorite fruit to grow is strawberries they are so yummy right off the plant and there are so many things you can make with them.
Lynn says
My favorite is potatoes! SOooo many things you can make with potatoes.
Billie Yates says
I’ve only been successful with tomatoes and cucumbers so far, the tomatoes are my favorite!
Kristi says
There are so many to choose from, but I would say tomatoes. They never make it in the house because I eat them all!
Sammie Barstow says
Even though I’m 68, I’m just now starting to grow my own food. If I have to pick one, I guess I’ll say strawberries. They are just starting to produce. But I am raising several other fruits and vegetables and I want to learn how to cook them more healthily.
Dayla says
Strawberries!! Oh, how I wish I could grow REAL tomatoes where I live…but it just doesn’t get hot enough. But I love my strawberry plants!
Shannon says
Tomatoes!
Wendy says
Lettuce!
mandy says
Tomatoes! I love watching them grow and picking is like a treasure hunt. Eating them is the best though.
Celia says
Tomatoes and basil! I can’t make it through the summer without them! Add some homegrown peppers and cilantro, and you are most of the way to fresh pick or salsa!
Mellie says
Without a doubt it is tomatoes!
Mare says
My favorite thing to grow is green beans. When my kids were young they loved seeing so many to pick and had such a great time doing it! Hearty plant and fairly easy to grow.. but the memories are the best part!
Tonya says
Okra is so easy. But I think I like growing cucumbers best. This year I plan on growing pickling cucumbers.
Sydelle says
There are so many fruits and vegetables we enjoy growing. I think we enjoy the process just as much as we love any one particular fruit or vegetable. What I really enjoy is when I can pick garden fresh tomatoe, onion, pepper, corn and cilantro and whip up a batch of salsa. My oh my.
Deborah says
Love growing zucchini mostly because it never fails to produce a huge harvest!!
Debra says
Tomatoes for sure, although I love cukes with fresh lettuces. Yum
Kathy says
Tomatoes, potatoes, beans, asparagus, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, who can choose?
Donna G says
Nothing like a pot of fresh green beans, and cucumbers & onions is salt water! Cannot wait until Summer.
marcell butterfield says
Zucchini, they grow like crazy and there is always some to give away.
Brian says
I love growing tomatoes! Thanks
Melody says
Definitely tomatoes. Nothing tastes better than a homegrown tomato! 🙂
Karyn says
My favorite vegetable to grow is cucumbers; everyone loves them fresh out of the garden! I have read Eliot Coleman’s Four Season Harvest and his daughter Melissa Coleman’s memoirs – This Life is in Your Hands – what an interesting life this family has lead, they have worked hard to live a lifestyle that they believe in!
Becca H says
Lemon Cucumbers
Hailey says
Garlic…easiest thing ever. Throw it in a hole and 6 months later…yumminess!
Janice Patterson says
I would have to say Green Beans are my favorite thing to grow 🙂
MichelleB says
I <3 growing tomatoes and eating them! I also would love a book please. 🙂
Debbie says
Any kind of berry! Brings fond memories of picking them with my Grandpa on “the farm”!
Sandra Sanders says
Bell peppers – all colors!!
Janice MacRossin says
yellow summer squash…you pretty much can’t mess it up! 🙂
Janet says
Tomatoes!! Easy to grow and taste so much different than store bought. I have learned alot from you and been inspired as well.
Thank you Mavis!!
God bless you.
Janet B says
We have 200 apple trees so they have to be my favorite!!!!!!
Kirsten says
My favorite has been tomatoes which I made into sauce. I’m dying to have a peach tree, though, because a rip juicy peach straight off the branch is pretty much the best thing ever.
Leigh says
Heirloom Tomatoes!!!!!!
Yum Yum… Eat ’em up!!!!!!
Lisa Barge says
I love to grow Basil and Tomatoes.
Mary says
My favorites are corn and peas!
Charity says
Favorite vegetable…Hmmm, I guess if I have to pick, I’d have to say tomatoes.
elizabeth says
This is hard to make a choice, pumpkins and squash followed by tomatoes! I just couldn’t name one!
carol says
Besides all the early, cold weather vegetables that do so well in the PNW, my favorite is my little plot of alpine strawberries. It produces tasty, little jewels that you can’t buy at the store. My favorite are the Pineapple Crush variety.
Val says
I’m just a beginner, but I absolutely LOVE to grow Sweet 100’s, a variety of cherry tomato. I plant them beside our deck in the back garden which makes staking easy – I cage them low and then tie them up to the decking posts when they outgrow their cages .
Last year they grew to be about 8 feet tall (must be the composted “horsie ferti” I added to the soil! I’m thinking of renaming them “Sweet 1000’s” because over the summer they produced well over a thousand sweet pieces of juciness!!
My west highland terrier is allowed to nibble on low-hanging fruit, but she shares with the garden’s two chipmunks I’ve named Hansel & Gretel.
I also tried growing squash and zucchini – but because I’m not using pesticides and fungicides – those were enjoyed by mildew and insects after producing me a rather modest crop.
I have SO much to learn – SO enjoy your blog, Mavis! <3
marylou says
beets!, no tomatoes!, no broccoli, wait raspberries! or do i mean sour cherries!! yeah – berries and cherries for pie! oh and rhubarb too 😉
Maddy Gunter says
Tomatoes, even the smell of the tomato plant is awesome..
Georgene says
I love that people like this live in my world. So awesome!
Heather says
I do mostly Herbs because I don’t have a lot of time.
Nichole says
My favorite fruit or veggie to grow? That’s tough! I love them all – anything that ends up actually growing and producing is a total win in my book! But, if I had to choose then I would say bush beans. It is just so rewarding to be able to eat some beans while checking on the rest of the garden!
Randi says
I love growing Kale and parsley and I kept both growing all winter without a green house. Now I have a little pop up green house with lots of seeds started.
Evie says
Lettuce and Tomatoes. Just add some homemade bread, bacon, and mayo. Perfect summer sandwich! 🙂
Kimberly Hunt says
I love to grow all kinds of vegetables and fruits, but my favorite is potatoes.
Cee says
I love growing hot peppers, they are so pretty and come in so many different shapes and colors!
Harmony says
Yay! I’d love to win! My favorite fruit or veg regularly changes, but the first thing I thought of was the cantaloupe that we grew in the garden last year. One plant yielded 8 ‘loupes!! And they were soooo sweet. Ugh, I love harvest time.
Rose Rowella says
My tried and true favorites are tomatoes, raspberries and lettuce. Trying my hand at carrots, beets and watermelon this year. Can’t wait!
Mary W. says
Well, peas and kale NEVER let me down. But what do I WISH was the most successful?
Tomatoes!!
Jenna Consolo says
Tomatoes! (and zucchini and sugar snap peas) So hard to choose just one!
Ea says
Peas are my favorite. Easy to grow and so versatile to cook.
Jean says
Don’t know yet, this year will be my 1st attempt at gardening to become self-sufficient.
becky says
TOMATOES! We can never grow enough of them.
Bridget says
Cucumbers, tomatoes and sweet peppers!
Annette says
Strawberries!!!
Lyn gray says
Tomatoes and eggplants.
Chela says
Raspberries for sure!!!
Bren says
Pumpkins are my favorite to grow.
Heather says
Tomatoes for sure. I’m down to my last quart of canned tomatoes in the pantry…it will be a sad day for sure when we use it. But we already have a couple of flowers on the vine. Yay!
Cherri says
Just harvested some radishes from my first attempt at gardening, my 6 year old twin grandaughters helped me plant and harvest them. What a joy to watch their excitement and mine! But I am most excited about the 40 crowns of asparagus I have ordered. They will be here any day now. The book VERY INTERESTING. I can’t get enough reading material on gardening these days.
Mary says
I love both of these authors! I love growing lots of veggies but my favorite is tomatoes. I freeze whole tomatoes and also make sauce.
JoAnn Perry says
Difficult decision from such bounty but it would have to be tomatoes!
Crystal says
Lettuce! It grows really well here where it is cool.
Brantlee says
bell pepper!
Karen Pauley says
I love growing cherry tomatoes- the kids swing by and just pluck them off and eat them like grapes. I think this has helped them grow their variety on what veggies they eat since they can go right out and pick to eat.
KateIline says
I love to grow basil! Nothing beats fresh basil in a dish. I love trying new varieties too — my favorite must be lime basil!
Brandon Hall says
Tomatoes, because we use do many of them!
Amanda says
we love growing pink eye purple hulls, mainly because our 3 year old can tell when they are ready to pick by the deep purple! She gets the biggest kick out of it and loves that her fingers turn purple when she helps to shell them.
Katie says
Love growing potatoes! Both sweet and irish. To dig in the soil and see what they have produced is so much fun.
Cooky says
Tomatoes and cucumbers and wanting to try asparagus.
Blair T says
Just ONE!? That is hard to choose. Maybe peaches because there is nothing better than a sticky, fresh peach while wandering around the yard, spending time outdoors with the dogs, chickens and horses after a long day at work. Food for the soul!
ADDIE says
yes, i love tomatoes all kinds and those sweet cherry tomatoes.
Tracey says
This is our first year of gardening more than just herbs, I can’t wait for carrots!
Amanda says
Tomatoes ’cause they’re super easy!
Heather Taylor says
We just moved into our own home, so no garden this year, but I am soooo looking forward to having my own! However, I do consume veggies that a friend grows in her garden and my favorite and the ones I’m looking forward to growing are peppers!!
Sarah says
I love growing purple sprouting broccoli! It is very delicious, looks pretty in the garden, can be planted in the fall and will over winter for an early spring harvest, AND the leaves are very tasty too (use like kale). An awesome return on a $2 pack of seeds. Oh, and I have never seen purple sprouting broccoli for sale at the store or at the farmers market. I must grow my own.
Marcie says
Any Veggie that grows in the garden…But tomatoes are number one here.
Laura Arnett says
I love to grow strawberries -thanks to you 🙂 my kids are so excited about all the plants we put in a tower.
Barbara H says
Zuchinni is my all time favorite to grow 🙂
Laurel says
Red beets!
Marsha says
My favorite thing to grow is tomatoes! They taste so much better than store bought ones!
shelly says
I enjoy growing my herb garden and coming up with new ways to use my herbs and storing them for the winter. I also really enjoy growing multi-color carrots!!
Michelle says
Tomatos and greens…they grow so fast I can watch!
Jennifer says
Mammoth Jalapenos!! Great appeatizers stuffed with cream cheese, sausage, and parm cheese?
Cynthia says
Beans, tomatoes and peppers
Paula says
Tomatoes, tomatoes & tomatoes!
Knitting with Olof says
Tomatoes and cucumbers.
Nicky says
I love to grow melons, especially honeydew, in my garden.
Jennifer says
Lemon Boy tomatoes, cherry tomatoes (LOVE them dehydrated and sprinkled on a salad) and peas. YUM!
Kari P says
Hands down — tomatoes!!! I’ve been enjoying trying out different varieties — love the sungold (yummy!!!). April 29th is my anniversary — the book would be a great gift:)
kl says
Do I have to pick just one? Early spring I love the peas, but then it is the asparagus, however, that first homegrown tomato can’t be beat…and what about fried okra – can’t beat fresh, nothing like the frozen stuff….
Jamie says
Basil.
Thanks for all your inspiration…I have BIG plans to grow all sorts of stuff this summer in the 4 new 8×4 foot raised beds my husband just built me!
Michelle O. says
I would have to say zucchini! It was the first thing that I tried to grow that actually grew!
Thanks for the chance to win a copy of this book – it looks awesome 🙂
Lynn says
Tomatoes, garlic and onions for sure. Last year I made your awesome crockpot tomato/pizza sauce with tomatoes, garlic and onion that I grew…and I can’t wait to make a few more batches. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
Amy says
I am super excited about growing sugar snap peas. They are so awesome, my favorite is to eat them raw or in stir fry. Hoping I can grow enough to put in the freezer for winter.
bonnie fuentevilla says
CORN
TOMATOES
Kale……………………I can’t pick just one
julianne says
I love growing basil!
Sara says
Strawberries! But I think my favorite to eat are the zucchinis!
Carla Priest says
Eggplant 🙂
nicole says
Love to grow strawberries and cherry tomatoes, what I pick is usually gone before I even make it back in the house. So good right off the vine.
Diana Kio says
I love to grow radishes. Why? They are the first thing I planted that every single seed popped up happily!
The couch potato says
I haven’t actually had a garden yet, but I’m really looking forward to trying bell peppers this year.
Lynda says
I love growing broccoli ….such a beautiful and delicious plant.
JoAnne Mangrum says
Cucumbers are my favorite to grow!
Lisa L says
Strawberries! They grow themselves.
Mike says
Black eyed peas
Heather Musingo says
My favorite veggies to grow are tomatoes, but my kids’ favorite are pole beans. It IS fun to watch how high they can climb in just a day! 🙂
Abigail's Mommy says
Nothing is better then a home grown tomato! 🙂
Kellie says
I guess we like to grow cherry tomatoes, mostly because they do really well for us. Thanks Mavis! We love the things we learn on your site!
stacy says
Tomatoes because they’re so easy.
Candace says
We are still such newbies that I don’t know if I have a favorite yet. So far I guess our tomatoes and lettuce are growing the best! 🙂
Debi says
Hard to say, but for vegetables – tomatoes and for fruit – raspberries.
Florence says
I love the potatoes.
Lorna J. Oatney says
I love to grow Sugar snap peas because when my grand daughter is with me in the garden planting we grab a sweet snack and plant on. She loves to see her plants grow and especially loves to harvest all the carrots she carefully ( umm maybe not so much) planted.