If you are planning to join the ranks of gardeners, one way to get a positive start is to choose those items from this list that you like to eat and begin with them.

At the Edible Gardening November 2009 meeting we came up with this list of what we thought were the easiest vegetables (and one fruit) to grow:

• Beans (both bush and pole)
• Beets
• Celeriac
• Collards
• Garlic
• Herbs (particularly sage, thyme, oregano, chives and parsley)
• Kale (Red Russian kale especially)
• Leeks
• Lettuce
• Potatoes
• Raspberries
• Swiss chard
• Tomatoes (although not this past year because of the late blight).