The best food is grown by you, either at home or in a community garden. Home grown food is local food. Local food is food security! Get gardening!

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These are recommended windows of time for planting your urban food garden in Long Beach, California.

Most recommendations are for planting from seed. Exceptions are marked with an asterisk (*); it is recommended to plant these from seedlings. We thank Steve Passmore for sharing his figure and data.