Start a garden: Simple steps

Spring is here and around April-May is a good time to start your very own vegetable garden. You have never gardened before? No worries,  we all start somewhere. The point is to have the desire, and just start. Here are simple steps to get your garden from an idea into action:

1) Choose a spot of where you would like to have your garden.

• Try to pick a spot that will have good sunlight.

2) Rake the area and remove all shrubs, weeds, rocks etc.

3)Take a round point shovel and use it to dig in, lift, and then turn the soil, so as to expose the soil from underneath. Then use the back of the shovel, a hoe, or your hands to break down the soil even more.

• If your soil is more clay-like you can buy and add peat moss, sand, ashes, or cut grass to the soil to help provide it more minerals. Consult your local gardening store for more ideas.

4) Choose what you want to plant

• I chose tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, beans (bush beans, garden beans), beets, green onions, dill, and different types of squash (butternut, zucchini etc.)
• Cucumbers, beans, and zuchini tend to grow easily and harvest in 2 months. 
• Start with these if you can't decide. 

5) Follow the planting directions on the seed package to know how deep, and how far apart to plant your seeds.

• Don't let the planting directions overwhelm you. Just start. Focus on planting one plant seed at a time until your entire garden is planted. 
• You can also plant flowers (ex. Zinnias, sunflowers, wildflowers) to attract pollinators to help increase your harvest. 

6) Water your seeds and patiently watch them grow.

• Its important to keep the ground moist as they germinate, and have some sun to keep them warm. A good rule of thumb is to water it every 2 days depending on the moisture of the soil. 
• Depending on what you planted, you will see things sprout/germinate within 1-2 weeks.

What type of vegetables do you want to grow?

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