The Easy Advice For Growing A Garden
Being vegetarian is either the easiest thing in the world for you or the most difficult.
Perhaps growing your own veggies would reduce the stress? If that sounds about right, then consider growing your own garden.
This only applies to those with the space to do it via a backyard or section of a community garden, but if you can pull it off, here is some easy advice for making the most of your time in the garden.
Plant Up, Not Out: It's assumed that you won't have the most space in the world to work with, so planting crops that take up tons of space, such as pumpkins, can be a mistake.
Instead, try planting corn or tomatoes, something that grows upward.
This lets you plant more of them in a smaller space and maximize your garden's productivity.
Avoid Planting in Rows: Contrary to popular belief, planting your vegetables in rows will only serve to lessen the space available to you and to create more hostile conditions for your plants.
The reason behind this is the compaction of dirt as a result of walking around these rows.
If, however, you plant your veggies in bunches, or just one large bunch, you lessen dirt compaction and provide more ground shade for the plants.
This added shade will let water soak into the dirt much more than being evaporated by the sun.
Cycle Your Crops: Planting in the same place every year will ultimately result in poor crops and ultimately soil devoid of nutrients.
This is because each plant absorbs different nutrients from the soil, so the things potatoes want will differ from the things spinach want.
If you make sure to rotate where certain veggies are planted at the beginning of each season, you give the soil a chance to replenish the nutrients lost from the last batch.
Give the dirt about two years in between the same crop and this should result in stronger plants and healthier soil.
Don't Plant All At Once: One of the biggest mistakes you can make that can lead to an active hatred of gardening is to plant all your crops at the same time on one day.
Don't do this.
Instead, plant one crop a week as the season goes on.
This allows you to focus on the single crop when planting it and doesn't make gardening feel like an overbearing chore all the time.
It also means you can be harvesting on a continual basis at the end of the season.
Reducing the amount of stress going in reduces the amount of stress coming out.
Follow these simple tips and a strong but manageable garden will be in your future!
Perhaps growing your own veggies would reduce the stress? If that sounds about right, then consider growing your own garden.
This only applies to those with the space to do it via a backyard or section of a community garden, but if you can pull it off, here is some easy advice for making the most of your time in the garden.
Plant Up, Not Out: It's assumed that you won't have the most space in the world to work with, so planting crops that take up tons of space, such as pumpkins, can be a mistake.
Instead, try planting corn or tomatoes, something that grows upward.
This lets you plant more of them in a smaller space and maximize your garden's productivity.
Avoid Planting in Rows: Contrary to popular belief, planting your vegetables in rows will only serve to lessen the space available to you and to create more hostile conditions for your plants.
The reason behind this is the compaction of dirt as a result of walking around these rows.
If, however, you plant your veggies in bunches, or just one large bunch, you lessen dirt compaction and provide more ground shade for the plants.
This added shade will let water soak into the dirt much more than being evaporated by the sun.
Cycle Your Crops: Planting in the same place every year will ultimately result in poor crops and ultimately soil devoid of nutrients.
This is because each plant absorbs different nutrients from the soil, so the things potatoes want will differ from the things spinach want.
If you make sure to rotate where certain veggies are planted at the beginning of each season, you give the soil a chance to replenish the nutrients lost from the last batch.
Give the dirt about two years in between the same crop and this should result in stronger plants and healthier soil.
Don't Plant All At Once: One of the biggest mistakes you can make that can lead to an active hatred of gardening is to plant all your crops at the same time on one day.
Don't do this.
Instead, plant one crop a week as the season goes on.
This allows you to focus on the single crop when planting it and doesn't make gardening feel like an overbearing chore all the time.
It also means you can be harvesting on a continual basis at the end of the season.
Reducing the amount of stress going in reduces the amount of stress coming out.
Follow these simple tips and a strong but manageable garden will be in your future!
