A kitchen garden offers a great way to add more fresh vegetables
to a family's diet. Children are intrigued with planting seeds,
watching them grow and harvesting them. What could be tastier
than a tomato bursting with juice still warm from the sun, or
crunchy sweet carrots pulled from the ground? Different
vegetables have different spacing requirements to get the best
yield. Space tomato plants about 3 feet apart. Support the
plants with a wire tomato cage, or use stakes to make your own
cage. Place four 5-foot stakes around each plant. As the plant
grows, tie the branches to one of the stakes. Pepper plants
should be spaced the same way, although they don't need cages or
staking. Broadcast small seeds such as carrots, lettuces,
spinach, onions and beets over the soil, then lightly cover with
top soil. When the seedlings are about an inch high, thin to one
inch apart. Baby carrots, beets and onions will continue to need
thinning as the roots grow and fill in. Don't toss the
seedlings. Wash them thoroughly an