Veg garden advice for a newbie, please!

[RiverSparkleFairy]

I have never grown a vegetable in my life, except perhaps cress back in primary school. But we have a small spare patch of land, approx 10' by 4', and I want to grow some veg.
I was thinking green beans, carrots, onions & potatoes - but that's where the plan halts as I don't know how to proceed! Do I just buy the baby plants and plant them? Do I use 'seed potatoes'? Can I plant it all now?
Any advice very welcome - thank you!

I've been veg gardening for a few years. I give them 2 years to prove themselves then it's curtains. French beans beetroot and onion's have lost their chance. Pak choi and khol rabi are being grown again this year. Courgettes and kale planted late, to avoid caterpillars, are sure fire veg.

I can't get any luck with courgettes at all. I'm in south Germany and the summer's really hot and quite dry and I just can't water them enough.

www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/mobile/carrot-seeds-early-french-frame-4-lisa-pid3434.html

These are good for poor soils and carrot fly resistant.

I am cutting down on the number of courgette plants this year. Last year 3 plants produced far too many so two only this year.

Potatoes take up a lot of room. I would say you haven't got enough to grow them.

Onions, I found somewhat unfulfilling to grow. Rather like potatoes, you use them so much, to grow a decent amount would take up all your plot. Spring onions are easy though and take up less room.

I have grown quite a range of veg over the years and would say French or dwarf beans are more satisfying to grow than runner beans but runners are fine if that is your inclination. You need some sticks ortrellis for them to grow up.

Courgettes are dead easy but one plant takes up a lot more room than you think.

Beetroot is really easy, as is any lettuce. Mange tout is also easy and you get a lot from each plant unlike ordinary peas, as the pods are picked when immature so the plant keeps producing more.

I agree with others that carrots can be tricky. Best to start with veg that is above ground.

Also, don't rule out strawberries in pots. The easiest thing in the world to grow and they produce baby plants each year do you can keep increasing your stock.