If I Want to Start Growing My Own Vegetables and Fruits?
I want to grow my own stuff so we don’t waste money going to the grocery store. Where and how should I start?
Thanks.
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Your question has various answers. I thought I would instead give you some gardening videos to watch. That will give you an idea of how to plant fruit trees, small fruits such as blueberries, potatoes etc. good luck.
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/04/02/vertical-gardening-video-part-two.aspx
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/03/28/vertical-gardening-video.aspx
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/03/22/square-foot-gardening.aspx
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/02/07/tomato-planting-video-from-seed-starting-to-outdoor-garden.aspx
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/03/26/planting-potatoes-video.aspx
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/02/02/growing-blueberries-in-your-own-backyard-video.aspx
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/02/24/the-garden-girl-shows-us-how-to-plant-cumumbers-in-this-video.aspx
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/01/31/planting-blueberries-in-a-container.aspx
With vegetable gardening – start small. Putting in a huge garden when you have little experience can end up making you feel overwhelmed and frustrated and increase the chances you’ll quit.
Start with a few things you’d like to eat fresh. Tomatoes and Peppers are popular first-time-gardener choices.
well vegitables are good and easy to grow you could buy them as seedlings or even cheaper go to the nursury and buy seed packets and check the time of when they are to be planted and fruits some of thm could be bought as seeds but with strawberries you are better off buying them as plants and then you could buy some apple or orange trees which are a bit expensive but not like to the roof expensive and if you want watermelon grow alot of it cause they are yum
While you’re starting off I would say buy everything as seedlings that you can. A lot of the hard part is done when you do that. For other things that you won’t find seedlings for like lettuce, radishes, peas, beans, and corn (warning: corn can be tough) you can directly seed those into the soil and with the exception of corn, they’re pretty easy if you’ve got halfway decent soil.
Get some rocks/bricks and build a little square maybe 5*5 and about a foot high – this is your garden bed
lay down cardboard on the grass inside the bed- go for 2 layers.
-this will kill the grass/weeds
Fill the bed – buy some compost or garden soil OR dig up dirt from another part of your yard (don’t include any grass or weeds) OR use any combination of the above. Add some leaves/grass clippings/veggie scraps (10-25% of the total mass of the garden bed’s soil)
IF you’re in a cooler area, cover with black plastic to heat up the soil
If you’re in a warmed area(no more frost expected) get to planting.
I’d do tomatoes (cherry are easy and rewarding), squash, peppers, peas, beans…but it’s your choice. Try to do something you like and that’s expensive or bland in the store.
As ICARESS suggests raised bed in sunny location, and start with peas and bean germinated between two wet paper towels. Make a finger hole in your soil about to the middle knuckle deep every hand width apart, for two rows. Every week plant the peas and beans in new holes again for the month of may . Peas and beans are the fastest and easiest veggies to grow early, and are the best for fresh eating and for fixing nitrogen back into the soil. Lettuce should be planted behind the peas and beans, for shade after may 24, and can be crowded and thinned out as you eat it. At the same time buy a flat of tomato plants, at least six, and plant these 1 foot apart. water the garden for a few minutes every night and put some worms in there if you find any. Marigolds planted around the outside of the garden will help keep pests out. A bail of peat is a good additive to bulk the soil up and is cheap at farm and feed, or garden stores. Good luck, start small and let it grow. Mom always grew what we called a victory garden, and it has many easy growing veggies involved.
Starting with a small garden is the best thing you can do for yourself,and if you want the Very best information go to "squarefootgardening.com"
The very best of luck to you and enjoy your new found hobby,and your harvest.
first find out what zone your in, not everything grows everywhere. your
local nursery can tell you this. the easiest way for me was raised bed
gardening. you make your own soil so you know whats in it. its easier
to maintain a raised bed than regular ground especially if your soil is full of clay. start small so you don’t get overwhelmed. the easiest things to
grow are tomatoes, potatoes,peas, beans, corn, squash, peppers,
broccoli, and Mellon’s. if your space is limited mellons take up
a lot of room. i got starts from the nursery which take less time than
starting from seed. their relatively cheap. if your local nursery carries
it, it will grow in your area. you will have to select fruit trees for your
area. you can buy trees with fruit on already but mostly depending
on what size and kind of tree it will probably be 1 to 3 years before
you see any fruit.
First, I will sing the virtues of "The Western Garden book" from Sunset. Although they do also cover ornamental gardening, they have great specific information about veggies and fruits & technique. Other good books can be found from Rodale Press.
Cat, nv jack, & jeffd had great advice, as did the folks who advised that in many cases purchasing "starts" is most efficient & cost effective.
I have provided the following links from my "bookmarks" for you to begin your rewarding hobby. I love hobbies one may eat! A bit of reading will give you the beat garden success. Others’ experiences in this area are invaluable. The concept & application is very healthy!
I have for many years produced my own veggies & shared the idea with others. In addition to working on the "ground breaking" on several community gardens, I have helped over 50 families establish ongoing home food gardens.
A note that may interest many about certain plants… Peppers & tomatoes can live happily from year-to-year in large pots in certain conditions. They can "decorate" your indoors for the winter, often producing year-round if the food, water, temperature, & lighting is to their liking.
Happy brown ,then a rainbow of flavor to y’all.
Miss. St. Univ. LibGuides – Living in a Recession – Home Gardening & Food Preservation
http://guides.library.msstate.edu/content.php?pid=41501&sid=305198
The "Growing Taste" Vegetable-Gardening Site
http://growingtaste.com/
Gardening Resources :: National Gardening Association
http://www.garden.org/home
National Agricultural Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/
The Golden Rule Garden: This Spud’s for You, Part I
http://goldenrulegarden.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-spuds-for-you-part-i.html
Ecology Action Home
http://www.growbiointensive.org/
Gardening Resources – National Gardening Association
http://www.garden.org/home
Raw Inspirations
http://rawinspirations.wordpress.com/
The Center for Food Safety – Home
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/
Fatal Harvest: The Book: Overview
http://www.fatalharvest.org/
If you want to grow your own vegetables, it doesn’t mean that you’ll earn everyting from them. Their will be insects that eat the crops which will waste your money. so go to the shop is ok.