What crops should I grow this spring?

Out of what you grew last year, what did you like? Keep those.

Now, what else do you like? Try that.

I have a 16' X 16' cement yard with containers. Just because I like most vegetables (everything but Lima beans and zucchini lol) and because I like to see what they look like growing, I've grown Brussel sprouts (truly unique looking plant), broccoli (don't wait for the heads to get the size of the one at the stores or you'll end up with pretty, but small, flowering plants lol), acorn squash (which can't grow in a container, but the squirrels ate the roots before it produced anything), pumpkins (hey, the squirrels planted it for me, and I can't kill a living plant on purpose lol), fennel (also not good in a container), popcorn (fun, but a lot of work for enough popcorn for half a popper's worth), Marconi peppers (because bell peppers don't grow big in a container, but Marconi's are bigger, so they grew "peppery" size for me), a fig tree (just a foot tall and produced it's first fig, before a squirrel ate those roots and killed it), various types of basil (only to find out I only like regular basil lol), and just about every type of herb that's edible.

I highly recommend picking vegetables you like to eat (or you don't like to eat, but are willing to try again), and then have some fun. If you don't know what cabbage looks like in the ground, grow cabbage (barely fit in the container lol) Go wild. Have fun. That's the purpose of gardening anyway.

One request though, since you live in Georgia. Grow some vidalia onions. They don't grow half as good anywhere else in the world. It's something about your clay.

I like pickling cucumbers which I indeed pickle. You can also eat them like that. I like green limas, so I am planting a bunch this year to can. I also can green tomato pickles with small onions. I find I get better luck with onion seed than sets and I live in CT where the season is shorter. But I grow small ones for pickling. You might try cantaloupe/muskmelon, I've tried but season too short. Green beans are great, I like pole beans as they last longer and need less space. I grow mostly hot peppers, don't care for sweet peppers much. If you are going to grow herbs, buy the plants, I find it easier. I do greek oregano, sage, flat leaf parsley, thyme, dill and fennel. Get a dehydrator and a coffee grinder. I dry the herbs then grind them when I go to use them.

Lots of different kinds of lettuces.

Carrots, green onions, and whatever else you like in salads.

Going outside and "picking a salad" is the BEST. With herbs, all you need is oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper to have gourmet salads as good as the best dining establishments serve for bazillions of coins.

Flat-leaf Italian parsely, oregano -- I used those for salads, all the time.

Thyme, basil, chives, sage. Any other herbs you use or have wanted to use.

cilantro

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Heck, go to a store that has seeds or plants, and see what appeals.

beets -- NUM! plant a LOT of these. pick some of them early, and steam the greens, like you would spinach (when the beet is about marble-sized); let others grow to beet size.

Another thing I did when I was growing food was omelettes. Add oregano, and or sage to the eggs. Put sharp cheddar and tomato in the omelette (and sauteeed onion, or green onion); at the last minute, add basil, fold and SO GOOD! Super cheap, and just as tastey as one can find.

What do you like to eat. We can grow okra here but I don't like it and won't waste the area. I like to grow some items I can dry, freeze or otherwise pack away for use later: tomatoes, bean, chiles, etc. I love sweet corn and have the room to grow a big block for proper pollination. Basil and parsley are my major herbs, so always room for those as they are annuals unlike thyme which is grown elsewhere in the perennial garden. I like radishes, but not all summer. I'll plant early when temps still cool, enjoy several plantings and then grow something else in the area.

You can grow just about anything. I would suggest Cucumbers or Cucamelons. Peas, beans, zucchini. Lettuces, radishes and spinaches are quick growers and you can harvest within months.

Try different types of heirloom tomatoes, Purple Cherokee tomatoes are a favorite. Onions are extremely easy to grow. You can grow them close together and when you can thin them by pulling green onions for food, garlic and potatos are pretty easy to grow too. Basil, Cilatro, chives, dill, rosemary, time, sage any kind of herb actually is very easy to grow.

As a farmer the idea of "crops" on a tiny 3/4 acre makes me laugh. If you already planted strawberries you will have them again. As for anything else plant whatever you want to eat.

Carrots, green onions, po totes,Cucumbers,peas,beans and turnip etc.