Tips On Growing Your Own Vegetable Patch?

Answer 1

During the recent health boom, people have suddenly begun to realize the massive benefits of growing your own vegetables. They are much cheaper than buying them from the supermarket and they are also completely organic. This means they are free of all preservatives, additives and salts that can be added by the supermarkets.

You can grow almost anything in your own garden. If you have children, you can also get them involved so they are taught the benefits of healthy eating and get to learn all about growing vegetables.

This is a great idea, because it can be fun and educational at the same time for both you and your family. The following are some tips on how to prepare your own vegetable patch;

Create a space in your garden for your vegetable patch. You can make this wherever you like. If you have a fairly sizeable garden and need something to put in it, then a vegetable patch is a great idea.

Once you have selected your spot, start by digging a square or rectangle of the grass up. If there is no grass here, start by turning your soil over so that it is nice and fresh.

Once this space is nice and neat, you can give the edges a bit of a border by putting up a little picket fence of using thick wooden sleepers. This can look really effective in your garden.

Once you have created you patch, you can then start to add fertilizer to your soil, so that it becomes nutritious and your veggies are able to grow in it. At this point, you may also like to add canes to the soil in the places where you plant grown, tall plants like tomatoes.

Once you veggie patch is fully prepared, you can start to choose and add which types of vegetable or fruit you want to grow. Common favorites include carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, radish and potatoes.

Once you have planted and watered you veggies is a good idea to buy some fine mesh or webbing to cover your patch with. This will stop any animals getting to your veggies, such as aphids, slugs and birds that might come along and eat your veggies for you. You can easily pin thins down using pins, or even tent pegs!

Now your veggies garden is complete, and you can sit back and watch them grow.