Many people grow vegetables because they can grow heirloom and non-hybrid varieties and save their own seed for future use others simply want those garden fresh tomatoes and summer squash and really don’t care about seed saving.
As an added benefit herbs and flowers provide beauty, texture, and fragrance to the garden. Consider these additions to the garden as your secret weapons to prevent disease, deter pests, and generally assist in a more highly productive vegetable yield.
Regardless of which path you choose, make sure to include a healthy selection of herbs and flowers to enhance the vitality and vigor in your vegetable garden. You can choose to raise the seedlings yourself (and perhaps market the extra plants you don’t need for your own garden), or save the time and effort of raising seedlings and just purchase seedlings from your local nursery, farmer’s market or farmer.Įach choice has consequences, benefits and disadvantages, and it all depends on your own reasons and goals for your garden. There are lots of choices in what is planted in the garden as well: heirloom or hybrid seeds, or pre-grown vegetable plants from local shops, farmer’s markets or a local organic farmer are just a few options. In today’s world, vegetable gardens come in a vast array of sizes, variations and styles. Many vegetables are available in early, mid, and late season varieties, allowing you to make the best selection to match your particular location. Your choices will be determined not only by which vegetables you most enjoy, but also your climate and the length of your growing season. Regardless of the type of garden you choose to grow you will want to take time and care in selecting the best location for the garden and determining exactly what you want to grow.
You’ll still need to take the time to test your soil, and develop your garden plan, but over-all you may be surprised to discover that many of the more popular gardening methods, such as square foot gardening, raised bed and sheet mulching do not require a great deal of tilling or digging, so even if your heart is in it, your back doesn’t have to do all the heavy lifting of older traditional row crop gardening. If you do want to invest the time in a full-on backyard garden, then there are several options to choose from, depending on the time you have, how much space you have to devote to the garden, the amount of physical labor you can or want to perform, and the type of garden you want to grow.ĭepending which type of garden you choose to grow, there will be a variable initial time (and cost) commitment to get it set up, and a commitment to maintenance, however, recent innovations in garden design and implementation have drastically reduced the amount of physical labor and time required to have a flourishing and productive garden. If you aren’t sure how long you’ll be living at your current location, consider community gardens or container gardens as an option.
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