Vegetable Gardening Tips

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 8:47 am

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We have been in a recession for more than a year now and the cost of living is still rising regularly. We use vegetable gardening in our home garden to help makes ends meet.

It’s great to have a home vegetable garden, that’s organic by the way, so that we get healthy food for our family.

We’ve learned that it’s a great idea to plan our vegetable garden so that we have some things early season, some all the way through the season and some for late season and early winter.

We also learned that a lot of our vegetables require a lot of sun daily, even as much as 6-8 hours of it. We won’t be planting those vegetables in the shade again. Live and learn.

Get yourself a few rain barrels to collect rain for those drier periods but be sure to keep a mess screen over the barrels to keep out egg laying pests like mosquitoes. We do this and have really cut down on the use of our city water, which also means less chlorine on our plants.

Organic gardening means you are going to pay close attention to the bugs and insects in your garden so the you detect them early. It’s much easier to get rid of pests when they are caught early. Remember no pesticides, go green and stay green.

Organic gardening is the way we have gone. It’s healthy and environment-friendly, and worth the extra effort.

Start composting so that you aren’t throwing away yard waste and spending money on top soil when you should be using your own home grown top soil.

It is important to protect your vegetable garden from wild animals looking for a tasty treat. Make sure your garden is surrounded by a fence that will keep out dogs, rabbits, and other animals. The harm done by wandering animals during one season can equal the cost of a fence. A fence also can serve as a frame for peas, beans, tomatoes, and other crops that need support.

Protection is needed in order for your vegetable garden to yield a bountiful harvest. Hard work will pay dividends if necessary precautions have been made.