3 Vegetable Gardening Tips
It’s that time again and with the growing concerns of money and health, organic vegetable gardening is on the rise and for good reasons too.
Whether you are growing vegetables in your backyard, or in containers on your patio, front stoop or any other overlooked area, you will find these quick hints useful to get you started.
- Choose and plan your garden to include your favorite foods from all three types: early, mid and late bloomers. This will allow for you to use the garden space all season long without having to stop and start, re-weed, or till. In addition, mixing your veggies in the same row will allow the cool weather crops (spinach, cabbage, broccoli, radishes, etc.) to mature and be harvested before the middle and late plants. Take a tip from the early Native Americans who planted beans, squash and corn together to provide the nutrients, shade and growing room so that all 3 would benefit.
- Observe the sunshine that you get in the area where you want to plant. Most veggies want as much sun as they can get, whereas lettuces want less direct light (they’ll wilt). Different varieties may be chosen to fit your specific needs better than just the ‘off-the-shelf’ variety.
- Water is a necessity and since we don’t want to lose our hard work and delicious veggies right before they’re ready, you need to provide at least an inch of water each week while the fruit is developing. So where does that leave us? We have to have some sort of back-up water supply. Since it has become common place for many cities to enforce water restrictions and the first thing to go, besides your lawn and car washing, is the garden. If you are lucky enough to live somewhere where you can have as much water as you want, you still have to pay for it and sometimes that outweighs the practicality of growing it yourself. Therefore, start thinking about catching rainwater and if you use eco-friendly soaps, you can pour your sink water (not leftover dish water) into rinsed out milk jugs, or 2 liter bottles. Even laundry water can be collected instead of being pumped into the septic system. Every time you wash your hands with bio-friendly soap, you could potentially be collecting that water. Try it for a day and see how much your household goes through. I’m sure that you’ll be surprised.
We’ll talk about this more in future posts, so stick around to learn more vegetable gardening tips!
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