Vegetable gardening is coming back into vogue big style these days for a number of reasons, one of which is the quest for organic foods.
Quite often you don’t really know what chemicals have been splashed upon the produce we buy from the shops and the natural choice is to buy organic. The supermarkets are picking up on this trend and are allocating ever increasing shelf space for organic produce, which is sold at premium prices.
Whilst this is all well and good, to many people there is simply no need to go to the lengths that organic farmers have to go to have their products certified as organic. Equally people can’t necessarily afford these premium prices.
Vegetable gardening is an ideal solution if you have enough space to put aside as you will be able to grow exactly as little or as much as you need and not only will this be massively cheaper than buying from the shops, but will also be very satisfying and you’ll get some good healthy exercise to boot.
A vegetable garden requires various tasks for which you’ll need the correct equipment. The basics will suffice and they are a fork, spade, hoe, trowel and a rake. It’s best to get good brand names. Other makes will be cheaper but they’re not as likely to last as long.
Sometimes, if you live in a dry area there are drought orders so it’s a good idea to have one or two rain butts.
If you’re starting your vegetable garden from scratch and it’s a large area, you may want to use a rotary cultivator to do the digging for you. It will save you a lot of time and a sore back. Don’t forget these can be hired so that will help save some money.
There are a variety of techniques that you can use for your vegetable plot and a number of different crops you can rotate through out the year to keep the soil in good conditioning.
Good specialist information is readily available either on the internet and from your local book store although the internet is probably a good place to do some research to get you started.
Happy Gardening
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Hi people, Fantastic website and I just want to find out some plants names so I wondered if you could help me?.
My brother and I are going to get some new plants to grow from seed so we need to know some plants latin names please can you help?
Bye
I always like going to Dave’s Garden site for looking up plants. They list plant latin names. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/
Hi Andrea, I think its great that so many people are returning to producing their own food from the garden. I have been doing this for years off and on, depending upon where I am living and the availability of land.
It is so satisfying having your own vegetables on the dinner table. Today we are beginning preparing our unripened green tomatoes to make pickle and chutney. Just love it. Fall, or autumn as we brits refer to it, is a great time of harvest and storage. Lots of things still to do also in planting autumn onion sets and preparing the land for next spring. Love your blog. great content right though.
Best wishes
Peter
Thank you, Peter. I also enjoy being able to incorporate my fresh garden veggies and herbs into cooking. I recently made a big batch of spaghetti sauce and used our tomatoes, basil, peppers, and oregano. Since I have a fairly small edible garden, I’m using most of it in the dishes I’m making each week. The only items I’ll have to store will be some herbs.
I appreciate your comments, and thanks for stopping by.
Andrea