Are you too busy to keep up with your garden more often than not? Try adding these 3 super-easy & productive vegetable crops to your garden this year for a low-maintenance harvest all season long!

It seems like in today’s modern world everyone is just so BUSY! Growing a garden – enjoyable as it may be – definitely adds to your daily work load. If you travel a lot for your job, have young children, or raise livestock as well, sometimes your garden may get put on the back burner.

That’s why it’s nice to have a few crops that grow so well on their own that they barely need tending to. Crops like these are cold (and heat)-hardy, resistant to pests, and grow practically year-round with little maintenance. They can also be enjoyed at any stage of their life cycle – you don’t have to wait months for them to bloom and ripen fruit.

Of course, many types of greens fit this bill, but garden expert Stacey Murphy has 3 particular favorite vegetable crops that are especially well-suited to the extra-busy gardener. These crops grow well together, don’t take up a lot of space, and taste great together, too! If you’re super busy too, you may want to consider adding these 3 veggies to your garden – especially if you’re working with limited space: