Nothing tastes as good as what you've grown yourself. Telly's offers a full selection of vegetables for your enjoyment. We continue to add more varieties based upon your requests. We carry both the lastest developements as well as heirloom. New this year we are offering some of our organically grown vegetables in earth friendly pots made from rice hulls. Our availability through the planting season is based on supply. We bring a fresh supply from our growing greenhouses in for you on a daily basis during the planting season. If you are looking for something special, want to know availability, or have any questions about growing your vegetables, give us a call at Telly's, 248-689-8735. Or stop in for a visit.

So you want to have a vegetable garden. There a few simple things to consider before buying your plants and sticking them in the ground. Start with soil preparation. Do not work the soil when it is too wet or too dry. When squeezed in your hand soil should crumble easily. Till or double dig the entire bed at least the depth of your shovel. This is the best time to work in your soil amendments such as sphagnum peat (best for clay soils), organic peat (best for sandy soils), compost and manure. These should be well worked in as you till or dig the garden. Rake the planting area immediately after tilling or digging. A good fertilizer, such as espoma's organically formulated fertilizers Garden-tone or Tomato-tone , or Master Nursery's Bumper Crop organically formulated just for our area, can be broadcast and worked into the garden at this point. Now you're ready to start planting.

If you're new to vegetable gardening, start by choosing vegetables you already enjoy eating to grow. If you have room, try out one or new veggies to experiment with. Get the kids involved. They're much more likely to eat green beans they've planted and picked themselves, and the flavor can't be beat.

Now that it's planting time, water your tender new plants before transplanting. It is best to plant in the late afternoon or on a cloudy, calm day. Disturb the roots as little as possible. If you are planting seedlings grown in peat pots make sure the top edge of the pot is below the soil surface. Otherwise it tends to dry to quickly taking moisture away from the plant's roots. Make a hole large enough for the root ball with your trowel. Firm the soil around the roots and water well. Using a Starter solution will give the plant an easier transition.

Many vegetables, such as carrots, are better grown from seed. With the end of your trowel or hoe make a row the depth required for the seed. Place the seed in your row according to packet direction and gently firm the soil back over the row. Then water well. Some seeds, such as beans, benefit from being soaked in luke warm water overnight, then planted, to speed germination.

Cool season crops can be planted early, as soon as you can work your garden. Generally late April to early May. They are lettuce, spinach, swiss chard, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, peas and onions.

Wait until danger of frost is past and the ground has started to warm. Generally in late May. Putting tender seedlings in ground that is cold and wet will only stunt them. Night-time temperatures should be over 45 degrees consistently. Warm season vegetables are tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beans, corn, squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, and melons. Some seeds such as corn won't germinate until the ground reaches the right temperature for them. Tomatoes, eggplants and peppers are best planted as pre-started seedlings as they have a long growing season.