Leila
Few things in life compare to the simple pleasure of biting into a freshly picked tomato while it is still warm from the summer sun. When you grow your own vegetable garden, you can experience this little piece of heaven all season long.
However, growing an abundant supply of fresh vegetables year after year takes some practice. For most people, becoming a consistently successful vegetable gardener comes after years of hands-on experience. However, you can lessen your own learning curve by adopting some tried-and-true vegetable gardening tips from the pros.
Here are three vegetable gardening tips you need to know:
1 – Amend Your Soil
Few gardeners are blessed with an abundant supply of beautiful, rich topsoil. Depending on where you live, you may find yourself struggling with heavy clay, rocky, sandy or other less-than-ideal soil conditions. Continue reading
Every great endeavor starts with a well-constructed plan. Of course, you can start planting right away. However, great results can’t be expected if you garden without direction. Proper technique, knowledge, skill and planning are needed to achieve a fruitful vegetable garden. If you already started, there’s no worry. You can simply go back to the basics and restart from there.
Multiple factors affect your vegetable gardens’ performance. Out of all, these three factors — vegetable type, available space, correct planting position — are the major ones. That’s why, to achieve maximum results, these three things should be of primary importance before starting.
1 – What to Plant
It is advised to start small at first. Most beginners get ahead of themselves and plant more than they can handle. As a result, they have a hard time maintaining the plants, sometimes even wasting them. New gardeners should have a small crop in the beginning and slowly pick up from there. Continue reading
Growing your own food can be one of the best things that you ever do for yourself. In fact, many who have their own gardens feel as if it is the most gratifying experience to try. If you’re thinking you have to live on or near a farm to start your own garden you are wrong. Children, teenagers, young adults, and even the elderly can create a garden of their own.
You can start with simple veggies and work your way up to a fully functional garden for which you get all your choice vegetables and herbs from. So whether you decide to stick to a simple window garden that produces tomatoes, or you have a section in your yard to designate to foods, you will reap all of the benefits below and more.
Get Your Food Fresh
If you’re looking for freshness, than growing the foods at home is the best you’ll ever have. The produce hasn’t had the inconvenience of traveling across the country which can be harmful to your health. What many people are unaware of is that the moment farmers cut the produce from their gardens to be sold that a lot of the nutrients go with it. Enzymes, vitamins, and minerals are only present in the vegetables for a short period of time after being cut. Continue reading
