It’s not too late to grow your own veggies. Here are some tips for planting now

It’s not too late to start an edible garden.

The nights are finally warm, so tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers and other heat-loving crops can be planted into the ground now. But by now, you should be buying most vegetable starts from a garden center rather than trying to grow these heat-loving crops from seeds.

Fast-growing foliage crops such as lettuce, cabbage, kale and Swiss Chard can be planted for a second sowing from seeds. Seeds for beans and zucchini also can go directly into the ground.

Here are more answers to questions about growing what you eat.

Q. I planted lettuce in March. We harvested enough for some salads, but instead of tearing off just the outer leaves, we cut the plants off at ground level. Now I see new growth. Can we leave these old lettuce plants in the grou