If you enjoy gardening as much as me, look out these fantastic easy vegetable gardening ideas from an experienced master gardener (ME!). These are really the most frequently used items in a vegetable garden and all of them require similar growing requirements and so are often the most over-used items too. To find out more about growing your very own vegetable windowsill, why not check out the resource box below. It really is quite fascinating!
Easy vegetable gardening ideas can be obtained from books, internet articles and e-books too. They may also come in the form of posters at local gardening stores or in your neighborhood’s newsletter. You could go into some kind of community extension program or even your town hall. Another resource would be any good garden magazine that could provide you with a wide range of suggestions. It is best to find out from as many people as possible, so that you can select the best and most suitable ones for you to follow.
The first thing you will want to do before you start your gardening adventure is to have a firm commitment to stick to the plan no matter what. You don’t just pick up a few gardening tools and start mucking around in the soil, do you? So make sure you can think and decide for yourself that you’re going to commit to a plan. I recommend that you start small and then work your way up from there. An easy vegetable gardening idea is one that require limited attention, but requires a little work.
The most popular garden vegetables grown in gardens are beans and onions. And it is usually pretty easy to grow a variety of beans, if you’ve got the space. Tomatoes, on the other hand, require more work than any other kind of vegetable. But they’re a great addition to any garden because their small size makes them perfect for eating right out of hand, in the process.
If you’re planning to have more than just a planting of beans and onions, you could choose to plant peppers as well. They too are very popular and very easy to grow. A couple of varieties to choose from would be Capsicum and Serrano Chili. Both of these peppers can be used in a variety of recipes – from Mexican to Tex-Mex to spicy to get the flavor you want.
Some other popular easy vegetable gardening ideas would be cucumbers. They’re hardy plants that require very little attention and can grow well in most areas. Cucumbers will give you a lot of harvest in a limited time.
Another easy vegetable gardening idea would be radishes. As hardy as they are, they do require a fair amount of extra attention if you want to harvest them in all seasons. Radishes would require a trellis system for easier harvesting. Just make sure that when you do get to the fruit stage, that you move them out of the hottest part of the garden as quickly as possible so that they don’t dry out and rot. You should also move them as soon as they’ve dropped their first layer of leaves.
There are many other easy vegetable gardening ideas to pick from. You just have to think about what plants you like and then look for a place to grow them in. Just remember to be patient and not to over water. Watering too much is one of the biggest problems for most gardeners so you’ll want to make sure that your garden gets sufficient water.
