Patience may be a virtue, but let’s face it: Sometimes I don’t want to wait months between sowing a seed and harvesting something yummy. I want my homegrown veggies, and I want them now! In the spirit of rapid gratification, here are five of my favorite fast-growing vegetables, each ready to eat in 30 days or less. To sweeten the deal, all of them are easy to grow and delicious, too.

Baby Kale

Kale is a super-nutritious vegetable, and in its immature or “baby” form, it’s especially tender and tasty. Seeds sown directly into the garden in early spring or late summer are ready to harvest in just four weeks. …………. Plus, each planting can be harvested multiple times in cut-and-come-again fashion. …………..

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Garden Cress

Once you’ve tried this underutilized and underappreciated green in salads and sandwiches, you’ll always crave its peppery zing. Cress is easily grown from seed sown into the garden in early spring or in the fall. Like other cool-season greens, it’s tolerant of light frosts. The quick-to-mature leaves can be harvested when they reach two to three inches in height; snip them individually to keep the plants producing………

Arugula

This spicy green is a classic quick-growing vegetable. Young leaves can be harvested in as little as 21 days. ………….

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