Your edible garden

How to grow delicious vegetables, herbs, and fruit at home

21 best crops for home gardens

Top fruit, vegetables, and herbs from Sunset's Western Garden Book of Edibles

Corn
Sunset Western Garden Book of Edibles

Sweet corn

A warm season crop

The plants may be too tall (5 to 10 feet) for some small gardens. But a sweet corn such as ‘Kandy Korn’, ‘Sweet Symphony’, and ‘Silver Queen’ is worth growing in a sunny plot―you’ll never find a sweeter corn in markets.

Good enough to eat right off the plant when picked at peak ripeness. Sunset zones 1B, 2B-24, H1, H2.

Once standard sweet corn is picked its sugar changes to starch quickly. By rushing ears from the garden to boiling water, you can capture their full sweetness.

Find your climate zone and learn about growing corn

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