Six new vegetable garden cultivars have been awarded All America Selections for 2002. Based on their performance in test gardens all over the country, these new plants have been judged as superior in their class.

There was a time a gardener could simply plant the same tomato or squash variety year after year with no problem. It usually tasted great, was easy to grow or was an heirloom variety handed down over the generations. Those days are increasingly gone.

If you prefer to use few or no pesticides in your garden, you can still grow bountiful crops. The secret to organic gardening is to follow good gardening practices as closely as possible.