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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

Easy, Fast-Growing Vegetables to Plant in May for a Bounty of Early Summer Harvests

A kitchen garden full of salad plants, vegetables, and flowers.

A vegetable garden really ramps into action in May. Gardeners can take advantage of the ideal conditions on offer by planting crops that grow and mature quickly for fantastic harvests by early summer.

There is a great range of vegetables that can go from sowing to harvesting in under 60 days. While many gardeners think of lettuces as the primary fast-growing vegetables to sow this month, you can also plant radish, green onions, turnips, beans, beets, and chard for speedy pickings.

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