amateur gardening?

Question

does anyone know if it's easy enough to begin an organic vegetable garden in your own back yard??

Answer 1

Gardening is hard work, but it is satisfying. You need to chose a sunny part of your yard, some shade during the day is fine. You need to figure out what size you want. Then you need to till the spot up that you want to garden, you will need to go over this spot a few times to make sure the garden isn't lumpy and no weeds. and once this is done you need to stake off each row. You can go to the toy department and get kite string. This works great for staking off the rows and you will need a measuing tape , to measure from row to row and you will need to do this to make sure you can get in between the rows will a tiller to till up the weeds when your garden planted . Then you need to go to the flowers nursey's to buy the plants you want to grow..or the seeds..fallow the directions on the seeds packets closely. then you will need to decide on where you want to plant your veggies (which rows). I always do tallest to smallest. Dont start out with a large garden, it can be over whelming at times..Once everything is planted, if you grow tomatoes or a certain kind of bean they need to be staked so they dont lay on the grownd and rot, you will need to water the garden everyday or every other day, dont let it go much more then that. you can also plant some flowers in your veggie garden. but once the weeds start to grow you will need to get a garden ho and chop up all the weeds probably at least twice a week. you can also lay wood mulch down under all the veggies to keep the weeds out, the water can get in but weeds wont grow. then just sit back and watch it grow..i use mircale grow spikes and then i use mircale grow liquid feeder also, i also have to use 7 dust to keep the bugs off of the veggies cause they will eat them and destroy them.

supply list..
shovel,,, mircale grow
hoe... 7 dust for bugs
rake .... water hose
tiller ... mulch..but not nesessary
kite string ... measuring tape
plants ... a little hand shovel to help plant the veggies

Answer 2

Vegetable gardens need lots of water. It doesn't hurt to water them every day or every other day in the evening or early morning. Tomatoes require lits of sun. Then add the lettuce, spinach, spring onions, mesculun (a mixture of 5 different lettuces etc... to give your salad flair). You'll have a great salad. Take a shovel and turn up a 10'x10' section or bigger. This is harder than you at first think, but it's good exercise. Use a hoe or a rototiller to break up the soil well. If the soil isn't good (dark) add some manure or composted leaves etc.... Use stakes to make your rows with white string about 18 inches apart. The packages of seeds will tell you how far apart the rows should be and how deep to plant the seeds. Other vegetables like string beans require a little more work or lots of room (cucmbers). Bush beans are nice. For tomatoes, they sell a circular three-wire "tube" that supports the plant. You have to tie them to a stake when they are young. Then, put the wire cage around them.

Answer 3

Yes, it's very easy. There are lots of organic seeds to choose from these days and many are well suited to container gardening if that sort of thing suits you. There are a lot of good books available on the subject and lots of info in the internet to make use of also.

Answer 4

I believe it wouldn't be much hard to do an organic vegetable gardening in your own backyard if you have adequate knowledge and all the necessary tools. And most important, if the soil is perfect and adequate sunlight facing, then it would be very easy to do it. Just go ahead and enjoy it. Enthusiasm is also essential for doing this job.

Answer 5

Basically you dig up the soil and add organic compounds. I use peat humus and organic fertilizer. The brand I like is Plantone. I use it in the sprihg as it won't burn the roots. In the fall it makes a great soil conditioner. Using this method I have turned pure sand into a nice planting bed. It took me around 4 years. The better your soil is the less timr it takes. Also in the fall don't pull the dead plants. Cut them off and leave the roots to break down in the soil.

Answer 6

Website Trybackyardfarming.com

Answer 7

Easy in what sense? It's not tricky or arcane. But all gardens require constant work, weeding and maintaining. If you're up for the tilling, planting, fertilizing, composting, weeding, hoeing, mulching, picking, and putting to bed at the end of the season, go for it!

Answer 8

Depends how big your garden is, you could make some raised beds down the side if you have a small plot and fill it with good rotted manure and green feed such as mustard plant.

Answer 9

I would advise you to find out a bit of information on how to prepare your soil first, if you have healthy soil you will get better results.Look on gardening websites such as Gardeners world.

Answer 10

It most certainly is!!! I moved after being at the same place for years. I needed a garden..and I put one in this past year...at the last minute. As long as you take tender care of it..it'll work! Go for it!