Vegetable Gardening for the Amateur

Are you a Amateur at vegetable gardening and not sure where to start? My son and I are, we started vegetable's in are basement from seed and they didn't do so good, not sure what happened, but we are still doing the vegetable garden. I think we started the seeds to late for them to be big enough to plant when the garden was ready.

But Don't worry! starting a vegetable garden, isn't as difficult as it seems, ( I think we are making it hard than it should be ). This is are first time at gardening, so I thought I would try to give some help tips to other people that are having the same problems we are. Their are only a few simple steps you need to follow, to be come a successful gardener.

How we Started are Vegetable Garden

We started with the most important step, deciding what corps we are going to grow and where we were going to put are Garden.

Being new to this kind of gardening, we started out small because we weren't sure what we were doing so we didn't what to get over whelmed. If you are not sure what you want to plant or don't have enough space you could grow your plants in some kind of a container, 5 Gal buckets work well for tomato plants. When you have an idea on what corps you want, you can start planning your garden.

Some people will lay out their garden before they plant it to see how it will look, and to see if they have enough space for all their corps to fit. They will also make a list of their corps so they remembered what they planted and were it was planted. It's a good idea to only plant the vegetables that you enjoy and those that are easier to grow, and that will grow in the area that you live. You can find that information on the back of the package before you buy them.

Picking a Location for your Amateur Vegetable Garden

Once we knew what we were going to plant, we looked at several areas ( made sure it was big enough ) and than we picked the best one to make are garden. We Checked the direction of the sun and wind.Made sure it was well protected from both. Gardens need at least eight hours of full sun. If there is a lot of shade around the garden will not grow.

Wind is very hard on a garden it can damage and dry out the corps.So it's best if there is some type of protection. If not you will need to look at the area again. Vegetable gardens need lots of water to thrive as well. Make sure you are able to have a good supply of water.

Getting the Soil ready for your Amateur Vegetable Garden

Another highly important thing to remember is the condition of your soil. Without proper soil, your garden will have difficulty growing The best time to prepare your soil for your Vegetable garden is in the fall, but since we did start are Amateur Vegetable Garden until spring we had to Clear the area from all the grass and rocks before we could get started. We work the soil with a tiller to loosen up the dirt. If your soil is not rich with organic matter you may have to work some it to the soil, like manure. Make sure you have good drainage so your garden doesn't lay with water puddles. When you have the soil work you are ready to start planting your vegetable garden. Some people plant tallest to shortest, we planted are vining plants at each end of the garden then we planted are peppers, tomatoes, in between. ( It seem to be working so far.) we left about 2 foot between each plant and about 2 foot between the rows. Everything we planted was appropriate for are climb-it. We checked the package before we started.

Enjoying your Vegetable Gardening for Amateur

General maintenance of the garden is all you have to do now, which is water and weed your garden, depending on how fast your weeds grow and how much rain you get will depend on how offend you will need to water or weed you garden. A good way to keep the weeds down is to put mulch around your plants. You may need to water more frequently during hot spells, but do not water at the hottest time of the day.

Pick ripened corps frequently to encourage more production. Depending on the types and amount of corps you have planted, they can easily be preserved by canning or freezing. Nonetheless, eat up and enjoy the corps from your successful Amateur Vegetable Garden.