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Although most of the vegetable garden is still months away from planting time, gardeners can begin enjoying the season now by starting their own seeds.

Plants that require a long growing season, like tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, melons and winter squash, can get a jump start indoors on a sunny windowsill.

Plants like lettuce, cabbage, broccoli and basil don’t need a long growing season, but these, too, can be started indoors to make harvest time earlier.

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