Having a Vegetable Garden
There are many families today who have kitchen gardens that they use to produce their own food. If your are interested in a more sustainable living, a vegetable garden is a wonderful supplement to a family diet. An average family can spend around $ 70 to grow a vegetable garden every year and in return get close to $ 600 worth of vegetables for their family.
Do you find that vegetables from the supermarket these days are tasteless and it seems like, before you know it, they have gone bad? Most of the vegetables that you pick from your garden will be eaten right away. Vegetables from your garden will contain more nutrients than those vegetables that you buy from the store. These vegetables are picked green, and then over their several days journey to your local market, they ripen.
A garden usually has a compost pile, and a few plots of land that are intended to grow one or more kinds of plant in each plot. One of the first things you need to think about is what kind of vegetables would you like to grow? A little planning will help ensuring that you have a productive and enjoyable garden. Try and position your vegetable garden close to your kitchen, so that you have quick and easy access to your harvest.
One vital requirement for a successful vegetable garden is that it is placed in a sunny location. A good vegetable garden has to have six hours of full sun every day for your crops to mature properly. Having your rows running north to south will ensure the best sun exposure for you vegetable garden. Healthy soil is another important requirement for a productive vegetable garden. When using a fertilizer, make sure it does not contain any herbicides and stay away from pine bark mulches as they are not a good choice for your garden.
There are several ways that you can make the most of your garden space. You can create a raised bed by simply mounding up the soil or you can surround soil in a wood frame, stones, or even concrete. Place the tallest crops like peas, beans and corn, on the north side of the vegetable garden. The center of the vegetable garden is for the medium sized crops like cauliflower, broccoli, or tomatoes. Having a vegetable garden can be an enjoyable pastime that will add color, smell and life to your yard.
People who have large gardens and yards or,people who garden yearly,will find that having a tractor for light work and cultivation, was a good investment. If there is heavy work, like plowing a field, a big tractor is a great investment. You have a wide variety of garden tools to choose from when it comes to working in your garden. Sharp, clean, high grade tools make your gardening work easier. When it comes to fertilizing your garden you could do it by hand if your garden is small, or with a wheel type of distributor if you have a large garden.
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