A Quick Guide to Growing your Vegetable Garden

Growing a vegetable garden is an excellent way to have access to fresh vegetables and nutrition food options. Plus you have the added benefit of knowing exactly where your food came from because it comes from your yard. Growing a garden doesn't have to be intimating, and it's not as hard as your think. Just keep in mind that when it comes to planting and growing a vegetable garden, that it is not a race or a sprint. You need a lot of patience; a mind hungry for knowledge and the desire for watching things grow and thrive.

Before You Begin your Vegetable Garden, Plan for it.

Take a few minutes to think about the kind of vegetables you would like to eat and grow. If you have a family, think of the vegetables they most enjoy. Of course, you can plant vegetable you won't normally have, but it might be a good idea to plant and grow vegetable you might not eat. Still, who knows you might change your mind about your least favorite vegetables if they are grown by you. Another gardening tip we would like to share is to think about the climate. The best time to start your garden is after the last frost in your state. That way when summer rolls around you have vegetables in time for summer or what we like to call Bar-Be-Cue season. If you want vegetable all summer long, choose vegetables that can be picked or harvested at different times. Not only will you have vegetables all summer long, but you also won't have a problem of too much a vegetable harvest at once.

Our last gardening tip is to grow vegetables that share similar growing and soil conditions. As a first timer, it might be easier for your if you grow plants that have similar care needs, so you don't feel overwhelmed or get discouraged by a vegetable that needs more extreme care.

Pick a Good Garden Area

Vegetables, in general, need strong, full sunlight shining on them. So choose a spot in your garden where is no shade and sunny to plant your vegetable garden. You don't want your plants to drown so pick an area with good drainage. If you know that a particular area in your yard puddles, that is not the place to plant your vegetables. Choose a place where the water goes right through the soil. A good gardening tip we want to share especially for beginners if to choose a flat place that is free of roots and rocks. That makes it much easier to till the soil when you are ready to plant.

This is also the time to design your garden and organize it in ways that fit you best and the needs of your vegetables. Some vegetables need a lot of space like squash and pumpkins while some vegetables are less needy like carrots and lettuces.

It's time to start planting!

Head to a nursery like Green Thumb Nursery for the choice of seeds or seedlings that have sprouted for your new vegetable garden. You can also purchase some gardening tools that are perfect for beginners. You should also consider good fertilizer that helps boost plants as they grow. Lastly, consider some mulch and topsoil to keep your plants protected from the wind and heavy rain. For growing little seedlings, consider some hay to protect them.