The simple souls Vegie Garden- enjoyment all year round
I‘d like to point out here that I am not a food affiicionado nor am I totally dedicated to a completely self sustainable future- after all, what will the farmers do then?
I derive a huge amount of pleasure and relaxation from my garden though, and the satisfaction, both oral and mental of growing my own vegetable and fruits.
One of the commonest mistakes that aspiring gardeners make, is to plant a garden full of seedlings and then wait for the crops to come in. Unfortunately, when they do, it is usually all at once and you give most of it away or spend a heap of time making pickles. This is not my idea of fun.
The principles I stick to with my garden are simple and we’ll go into them in more detail later but here’s a peek:
- Make sure that you have as many perennial or retoon type of crops as possible
- Plant the things you’ll use regularly such as herbs and spring onions as close to the kitchen as you can
- Look after your soil and it will look after you
- Allow some things to go to seed then watch carefully for seedlings to come up- imagine your (and your children’s) pleasure and excitement when you find babies in the garden
- Don’t use automatic sprinklers. You will find that the more accurately you water your garden, the less weeds will grow. So you spend your time holding the hose rather than weeding. I know which I prefer.
- Have several alternate spaces in your garden so that you can rotate your planting areas.
- Think very carefully about where you site the garden. Look at the sun position and also consider how easy it will be to get the hose there.
- Remember that most of the time, you will need to pick when you cook dinner. Unless you like rustling around in the dark, make sure your everyday garden is in a spot where the lights reach.
I love to have some of my fruits and vegetables spread throughout the yard with the ornamental plants.
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