Tips on veggie gardens?

Question

this will be my first time gardening vegtables. any tips?

Answer 1

yeah. buy plenty of worms and ladybugs... they keep some of the 'pests' out! and buy good fertilizer! and build a little fence around the garden to keep the bunny rabbits and squirrels out, because they eat your vegetables! it keeps the snakes out too! but it is good to have some garter snakes in your garden (they are non poisonous snakes) because they eat pests like mice, rats, and small gophers. my mom and dad grow our vegetables, and now we hardly ever go to the supermarket! growing your own food is great for people that want to save money!!! its also a great learning experience for children.

Answer 2

You are in for a lot of work to have a decent garden !
1. Till the area real good.
2. Remove all weeds and roots.
3. Take a sample to get analyzed to see what you need to put in the soil ( lime, degree of fertilizer ).
4. Start with something simple till you get the hang of it. ( You will have to put a lot of time and effort into it ).
5. Keep watered but not too much as that will cause diseases.
6. Keep check on it for insects and diseases.
7. Talk to your plants like they are someone you love.
8. Keep weeded.
9. Pray.

Answer 3

Check to make sure you are planting the correct vegtables during the right season for your region. This is labelled on the seed packages. Make sure you purchase a decent fertilizer as this will definetly help it grow. Space out the seeds based on the parental size of the plant so you don't have too uproot them afterwards causing shock and death. Good Luck.

Answer 4

I did it last year for the first time. I live in Houston area, very hot. I had great luck with green beans, cucumbers, lettuce and peppers. This year I've added lima beans, peas, squash, pumpkin, corn, lots more plus herbs. Most are in big containers because I don't have a lot of sun and I can move them around if I need to. I got some Miracle Grow dirt and plant food and started with seedlings. I used earth-friendly seed cups and if you put them in a big container of dirt they do really well. The cups decompose and the container of dirt keeps them moist. You can put a glass or plastic bottle over each one if you want to keep it moist. (I didn't.) I water every morning. If you don't they can dry out. Don't let the plants stand in water. I'm putting beans, cucumbers and lettuce in the ground because they do well there. I will have my vine- growing squash, pumpkins, etc. on an old long cafeteria table with lattice to climb down on. I'm using old plastic crates lined with black garden plastic filled with dirt as my containers. They are easy to move, not too heavy, and big enough to house several plants each. I like being able to move the plants because when one gets infested with fungus or bugs, I can move it away from the other plants before they get infested too. The bugs stay with the one plant in an obscure corner of my yard. The 'donor' plant feeds the bugs, my other plants are happy, and everybody gets to eat their fill. I never use pesticides, just peppery water in a spray bottle, geraniums, and soapy water under the leaves. If you start with seeds, keep the packets so you can refer to them later on. They are very helpful. Follow all the instructions. A good homemade plant food: two parts milk, one part water, once a week. Sprinkle your used coffee grounds on the garden soil. I mix it in with my planting soil as I sow the seeds. Keep your used egg shells and any green waste in a container in the kitchen. When it gets full, take it outside and start a compost heap. Add leaves, old bits of paper and twigs. Turn it often with a heavy rake. I really love my garden. It's the first place I go in the morning and the last place I go outside before the sun goes down. Sometimes I go out to my garden after dark and burn candles and twigs in my chimnea. Now I take my veggies to the local farmer's market on Saturdays. I give away more than I sell, but I'd do that anyway. It's a great way to meet 'green' people and most of the 'farmers' reciprocate with garden tips and fresh goodies. Make sure your soil is worked well with a hoe and heavy rake. I do a new row every once in a while to make my garden bigger. But I like containers more, plus they use a lot less water than a garden in the ground. I'm still pretty new at this, so I keep a reference book with seed packets, dates I planted, any info I think I may need. Best of luck, fellow gardener!

Answer 5

It relies upon the place you're interior the rustic, yet you're incredibly plenty too previous due now for peas to prevail everywhere, and in case you strengthen lettuce and different leafy vegetables, they'll choose some secure practices from the completed sunlight, and to be stored properly watered. Carrots and radishes (root vegetables) choose delicate sandy soil, in any different case they'll finally end up distorted. additionally they choose numerous water to row properly. Brussels sprouts and cabbage are no longer hassle-free. they want a protracted cool turning out to be season and sprouts could desire to be frosted to style good. incredibly plenty each thing could desire to be interior the floor now, yet you plenty could desire to guard the comfortable flora (peppers and melons) from chilly nights. i come across that plastic gallon milk bottles with the backside decrease off and no caps do o.k. as miniature greenhouses. you're being very ambitious for a conventional time vegetable gardener. i think of that's continually greater effective first of all some less complicated flora (tomatoes, peppers, eco-friendly beans) then upload each and each twelve months. additionally, in basic terms strengthen the flaws you rather opt for to consume and that are greater costly contained available for purchase. that's why I by no skill problem with carrots and cabbage.

Answer 6

Consistent watering. A good fertilizer for vegetables. Make sure you use it as directed. The appropriate amount of sunlight as required by the type of plant. Watch out for bugs and other pests.