How To Grow Vegetables and Vegetable Gardening Tips
Today brings the fifth installment to the Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series here at Veggie Gardener.This series has covered topics such as my definition of a garden plan, how to collect some information for garden planning, how to use a great garden planning tool, and how to purchase the seeds for your garden.This installment to the series will discuss how to start a garden journal, and some of the items you should include in your … [Read more...]
Welcome to the fourth installation of the Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series. Today we will talk about finding and ordering your seeds or transplants. Yesterday we discussed actually planning your vegetable garden using the garden planning tool. Now that you have your vegetable garden all planned out, and you have the plant list that was provided with the GrowVeg.com planner, it is time to start finding and ordering the seeds you need to grow … [Read more...]
Welcome to the second installment of the Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series. Today we will discuss how to begin your vegetable garden planning process. I guess it would really be more accurate to say I will discuss how I begin my vegetable garden planning process. I use several different methods to develop the start of my garden plan. I go through a series of brainstorming, wishful thinking, and even a little daydreaming in order to narrow … [Read more...]
Today starts a new series here at Veggie Gardener - Planning Your Vegetable Garden. This series will run over the next few days, and covers quite a bit of garden planning topics.Today's installment will be on my definition of a garden plan, and the importance of creating one.The installments for the rest of the week will pertain to gathering the information you need to create a dynamic garden plan, and putting all that information … [Read more...]
Watering the vegetable garden can be a time consuming, monotonous activity for most gardeners. Getting up at the crack of dawn to water vegetable plants can get down right tiring after a while, not to mention dragging a garden hose all over creation. However, there are some nifty projects that you can implement within your garden that are very simple and inexpensive, and may save you some watering heartache.Install A Watering Well... or … [Read more...]
We are slowly creeping up on Spring, and it is time to begin preparation for planting the vegetable garden. One of the most useful tools a vegetable gardener can have for that preparation is a garden plan.What Is a Garden Plan?In basic terms, it is just how it sounds - a plan for the garden. A garden plan can be documented many ways. It can be written instructions with a hand drawn map, a computer generated map, or a combination of all of … [Read more...]
I'm intrigued by heirloom vegetables, and crazy about sharing my passions with others.
It is my wish to share as much of my vegetable knowledge that I can with you.
Hopefully, I can learn as much from you as you do from me.
So, I'd like to welcome you to Veggie Gardener, and please do not forget to say hello. I'd love to hear from you!
[Read More …]
Garden Connections