I want to get serious about my vegetable garden this year. My wife and I have talked about the best way to incorporate things into our garden, and the consensus was planters would be the best way. Do vegetables thrive in planters, or should it be in-ground or nothing?

If planters are a feasible way to grow vegetables, do you have suggestions on things I should be doing now to prepare my garden for spring?

What type, size of planter?

We were thinking of using the galvanized trough planters. Around a 2 x 6.

And what do you like to eat?

I've had good luck with squish, okrie, greenbeans an mators in containers. 5 gal is the smallest i use.

As for what we like to eat: tomatoes, greens, and beans would be our main staples.

Hi! Texasgreenthumb, I grow tomatoes in big containers and they do very well. I am sure green beans will do just as well. You can also try lettuce, and many others. Happy Gardening.

I ca not offer much except to say that some greens are only good for cooler weather. Or shorter days. Do a little reading on the specific ones you're thinking.

What are you going to use for soil in the planters?
Bagged dirt, of any kind is not like natural soil, the critters that make it work by nature are not there.
Heat will affect a raised planter differently than in ground, it get heated from all sides, not just the top, therefore; watering is different from the grou.nd, etc., etc., etc.

Read (more than one, as many as you can find) about planters, especially in your area.

Just read the article about "Super Nutritious Vegetables", and wondered if these veggies are genetically engineered. The article mentioned genetics, but didn't specify if the carrots or other carotenoid veggies have been engineered to have more nutrients. Sooo? Are the varieties mentioned genetically engineered or not? Thanks! CCG