Question of the month: What’s your favorite thing to grow?

Rose Momsen: “The order of planting now is spinach, snap peas, sweet peas, potatoes and indoor starts for tomatoes, onions, and back-up snap peas. My favorite thing to grow would be Kale, and in our climate, you plant them anytime and anywhere. They practically grow themselves. Anything wintered over or planted before the solstice is just going to go to seed, which helps the birds, or gives you unending kale in your garden.

Sian Morgan: “Sweet peas, dahlias and apples for the pleasure of what they produce! I’m also a huge fan of hellebores and bulbs of all descriptions because of the joy they bring during the gray days of late winter and early spring. I love sweet peas, and particularly Spencer lines, because of their flower size, long stems and unique strong/subtle fragrance. Sweet peas are a cut and come again crop, like dahlias, so the more you harvest, the more you get and the longer they bloom.”

Victoria Smith: “I love to grow dwarf tomato plants. They grow full sized tomatoes but are bred not to get tall. They start producing sooner and continue growing throughout the season. Last year I planted 48 plants and still have 200 lbs left in the freezer.”