Common Vegetable Gardening Mistakes
Whether you are a new vegetable gardener or a seasoned pro, we are all bound to make mistakes in the vegetable garden. I know I have made (and still make) my fair share of follies. Growing vegetables is an art that takes some practice, a little elbow grease and sometimes a bit of good fortune. Picasso did not paint a masterpiece his first time at the canvas, did he?
Probably not.
If you are new to vegetable gardening it is easy to become frustrated when something goes wrong, especially if you aren’t sure what or how it went wrong. Many times it all comes down to something that could have been prevented with a little planning. Here are some common mistakes that are typically made in the vegetable garden and how you can avoid them. Continue »
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The 7 Best Beginner Vegetables For New Gardeners
A new vegetable gardener may find there are endless vegetable possibilities available to grow and choosing the best ones for your first vegetable garden can seem a bit daunting. Do not let this stop you from starting your own vegetable garden. Most vegetables are fairly easy to grow with just a little TLC. It is best to choose vegetables that are not only easy to grow, but are quite prolific producers. Here are seven of the best beginner vegetables to grow for a new gardener. Continue »
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Top 15 Best Vegetable Gardening Blogs
There are literally hundreds of blogs online today offering an endless amount of great vegetable gardening tips and advice. You can find a cool trick or two at just about every click – anything from how to grow tomatoes to how to set up a worm composting bin – on the various vegetable gardening blogs available on the net.
If you are new to the vegetable gardening blog scene, it can be a long trial and error process to find the best ones of the bunch. To help you discover new and exciting blogs, I decided to compile a list of my favorite vegetable garden blogs. These blogs are packed with valuable information, great photos, awesome tutorials, and very helpful bloggers that will most likely try to help you with any vegetable gardening questions you may have. Continue »
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Create A Fresh Salad Garden
One of the most wonderful things about growing a vegetable garden is that you have the flexibility of growing what you like to eat the most. You can also control exactly how the vegetables are grown. A few weeks ago, I featured a post on creating a salsa garden as a part of your vegetable garden. If you have a specific purpose for your home grown vegetables, you can tailor your vegetable garden, or a part of your vegetable garden, to fit that purpose. Continue »
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4 Items For Easier Seed Sowing
After giving 20 tips for starting seeds indoors, I figured it would be a good time to also discuss some items that make it much easier for sowing seeds. Sowing seeds can sometimes be a tedious task, especially for those very tiny seeds. Seed tapes can help aid with sowing tiny seeds outdoors, but when sowing indoors it is usually done by hand. It can be very easy to drop seeds, spill seeds and accidentally sow too many seeds in one place. Fortunately, there are some great tools available that can help you to avoid these common problems. Here are six items for easier seed sowing. Continue »
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20 Easy Tips For Starting Seeds Indoors
If you haven’t started your vegetable and herb seeds indoors yet, it is slowly getting near the time to start. Starting seeds indoors is a great way to get a jump on the growing season, especially if you live in a short season climate. Some vegetables, such as eggplant, take quite a bit of time to germinate, so starting seeds indoors is almost essential for those in colder zones. Starting seeds indoors can be very fun and is the perfect activity to shake off those winter-time blues. Continue »
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Earthworms – The Unseen Workers Of Vegetable Garden Soil
The next time you venture out into your vegetable garden, you might want to make a quick check of the health of your garden soil. One very easy way to do this is to see how many earthworms you find lurking in the soil.
Take a garden fork
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When To Use Seeds Or Transplants In The Vegetable Garden
There is always much debate over whether to use seedling transplants or sow seeds directly in the vegetable garden. Many vegetable gardeners will attest that sowing seeds directly in the garden is the best practice to obtain maximum production, while other gardeners will say using transplants jump starts the growth of the plants. Here are some guidelines you can use to determine what you can transplant and what should be directly sowed into the garden. Continue »
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6 Great Items For Starting Your Vegetable Seeds Right
Starting your vegetable seeds indoors is a great way to get a jump on your vegetable garden. Typically seeds can be started six to eight weeks before the last frost date, depending on the particular vegetable. Once you have established a solid garden plan and purchased seeds, it is time to begin working on starting those seeds that will grow into productive vegetable plants. Here are six great items that will get your vegetable seeds started right. Continue »
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Grocery Gardening – Fall In Love With Fresh Foods
About a month ago I began hearing a buzz on Twitter about a new book that was coming out pertaining to growing and using fresh produce. Of course, any time I get word of these two topics my ears perk up as if E.F. Hutton were about to speak (those that grew up in the ’80’s know what I’m referring to). I began researching this new book on the internet to find out all I could about it. The more I read about the book, the more interested I became in getting my hands on it. Continue »
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