The Vegetable Garden

It’s a beautiful, chilly March day, & I am dreaming about planting my garden this spring. While it is definitely still too cold to plant my garden, with a little planning & preparation, I can start my vegetable garden indoors to be ready to plant outdoors as soon as the last frost passes.

Generally you can now start vegetables from seed four to ten weeks before the last frost. Where I live the last frost occurs in the middle of May.

Some vegetables transplant easier than others. Lettuce, beets, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, onions, peppers, & tomatoes generally transplant well. Carrots, peas, More >

Many generations have been enjoying & getting practical benefits from gardening. Gardening started as an organic process, but as the decades passed by & technology set in, chemicals & machines have become a regular part of it… Organic vegetable gardening is bringing the initial concept of pure gardening back, & it’s obvious why.

While advancing in technology is something we all support & want, some things such as the vegetables & fruits need to remain as they are. They need to be in their purest form in order to provide us with the essential vitamins & minerals for a healthy body More >

Benefits of eating fresh fruits & vegetables are very well known to everyone. It has been said a lot about their impact on our immune system & metabolism. Fruits & veggies are a great source of many essential nutrients so necessary for our bodies to stay healthy & active. We all agree that a healthy diet is impossible without veggies, but it’s equally important that our vegetables are natural & not stuffed with chemicals & pesticides.

Benefits of Organic Vegetables

Though vegetables are easily available, not all of them are good for our diet. An organic vegetable garden is the best place More >

Staking is a simple technique but an important one for vegetable & flower growers alike. For large-flowered plants such as dahlias, asters, & peonies, staking allows the blooms to show to best advantage & keeps them from getting top-heavy after a rain. Tall, fragile-stemmed plants like delphiniums often need help weathering storms. In the vegetable garden, supporting plants with stakes or other supports will mean the difference between a good harvest & a poor one. If you have ever attempted to grow tomatoes without staking the plants or growing them in cages, you know how hard it’s to salvage a More >

One item to keep in mind when growing veggies naturally, you have to begin with quality soil. This can be easily obtained by the use of compost & organic fertilizer. All time, monies & energies put into your soil to enrich it will reward you with an abundance of great tasting veggies. There is more. The cost of organic veggies is substantially more than regular veggies, so going organically is a big plus. Growing your own organic vegetables garden also means having chemical free food.

Experience working with organic gardens has shown gardeners this is the best way to maintain a budding garden. This More >