Steps for Starting Your First Vegetable Garden

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Before you start your vegetable garden, you need to consider some simple things: location, size, and Soil.

Firstly, we'll discuss the situation. You need to plot your garden inside an area with plenty of shade and sufficient drainage. It would be best to nurture the plants by placing them in a place that gets about 6- 7 hours of sunlight daily. Every plant is different and needs a different quantity of light; however, the average is 6 hours each day.

Therefore, don't plot your garden inside a place that remains shady all the time! Also, ensure that your gardening place has good draining. If your garden is at the bottom of the hill, water will flood your plants in the course of the wet season; it is a most common mistake some beginning planters often make. By locating your gardens far from the bottoms of hills and other places where water will probably harness, you might save the vegetables from getting drowned.

Second, let's talk about the size. It would be best to decide how large you desire your garden to be. Understand that you need to start tiny and expand it slowly, or the size of the backyard may overwhelm you. I like to recommend starting by using a garden space of 25 square feet or even lesser.

Soil is an essential aspect of gardening; it's essential to own good Soil to supply a superb garden

The best Soil is a little loose and not hard to till. Therefore, avoid hard-packed Soil. If your yard lacks lots of good Soil, you can fix this problem by using compost or mulch in the garden. Alternatively, you should buy good Soil out of your local nursery.

Mulch is often an organic covering, similar to straw, compost, leaves, or peat. You could cover your garden to complement the Soil, prevent weed growth and stop excessive water evaporation. Compost involves any organic particle, similar to manure, dead leaves, or (most typically) kitchen scraps. People usually put compost in the yards to enhance the soil and supply nutrients to plants.

If you take care of the size and Soil of this garden, you'll have a booming vegetable garden very quickly

Also, a few of these tips will help some of you who wish to get a container vegetable garden.

 

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