May 31 2008
Vegetable Garden Planning for Your New Home
Planning on creating a garden when you build your new home? You’re not alone as many people prefer to grow their own vegetables to save money and make sure their getting the healthiest of options. But in order to create a successful vegetable patch, some vegetable garden planning is suggested.
On top of planning the veggies that you’ll grow in your garden, you’ll also need to know what kind of potting scenario you’ll use and the best time of year to grow the vegetables that you’d like to grow. You’ll also want to plan where your vegetable garden will be located in order to maximize the success of it.
Planting in Pots or In Ground Planting?
Depending on what kind of vegetables you’ll be growing and the climate in which you live, you may choose to either plant your veggies in pots or in the ground. This part of vegetable garden planning can be tricky, but it’s not impossible to get it right the first time.
You’ll need to determine whether the soil in the ground around your new home can house plants and vegetables, or if there is a space on your land that you can create a suitable space for your veggies yourself. Planting in ground should be done only if you’ve got at least 6 inches of top soil covering a soft, soil based ground. Otherwise vegetables cannot flourish in the ground and the water they need cannot be absorbed and saved in the soil to keep everything healthy and flourishing.
If your land doesn’t fit the mentioned requirements, you should consider growing your vegetables in pots. Use big pots that allow for at least 12 inches of soil, and simply place the pots in clusters to create the garden look, and you’ll find that this way of planning your vegetable garden will produce just as many veggies as if they were planted in the ground.
Research
Before planning your vegetable garden, it’s important that you research every aspect of your plan. You can do this by picking up a good book about creating a garden from scratch, some good choices are:
Vegetable Gardening: A Complete Guide to Creating a Bountiful Vegetable Garden
About $21.00 from Reader’s Digest
Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
About $15.00 by Louise Riotte
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners
About $25.00 by Suzanne Ashworth
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