Here is the garden with the tomatoes,peppers,eggplants,and squash just planted. The "frost free date" for Maryland is May 15, but I usually plant a couple weeks prior, depending on the weather. I have downsized my vegetable garden from past years. If you provide
enough spacing, especially for tomato plants, they will be larger and produce more. The plants will be healthier if you rotate where you
plant them from year to year. I usually leave the metal posts that hold the tomato cages in place until Spring so I don't forget where they were the year before! Providing enough water as the plants become established is crucial. I like to feed each plant a "handful" of
good organic fetilizer every two weeks. Also I will add a "mulch" of peat moss which helps to keep the soil moist.