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    Home » Gardening

    5 More Reasons to Start a Vegetable Garden ...

    Published 6 September 2017 by Liz Gardner | Leave a Comment

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    My vegetable garden is a sanctuary, a joy, a pastime, a pleasure, my special place, and much more:

    A person who is growing a garden,
    if he is growing it organically,
    is improving a piece of the world.
    He is producing something to eat ...
    ~ Wendell Berry
     

    It is the height of summertime picking, canning and preserving of tomatoes, beans, wild berries, figs, strawberries & raspberries, garlic and kale. Here are five Caramel and Parsley articles with excellent reasons for you to start your vegetable garden for a fabulous change to a healthier and happier lifestyle. No more obstacles or procrastination ...

    Simple raised bed grows plentiful vegetables
    Simple raised bed grows plentiful vegetables

    Start with Raised beds - the only way to grow

    Really a great way to start a garden. You will find many reasons and examples of different types of raised beds outlined in this article. These are only as limited as your imagination. I have put together raised beds in 10 minutes which produced a great crop of potatoes one summer.

    Original raised bed gardens 2008

    Ideas on How to Start a Vegetable Garden

    This 2017 article was written to encourage and help anyone who wishes to begin a new vegetable garden. The idea is to just get started; small is fine, or look for containers on sale for your apartment balcony, patio, etc.  Runner beans on a trellis make a wonderful screen and the hummingbirds love the bright orange blossoms.

    New home equals new vegetable garden
    Portable pollinator pots on the move ...

    New Home = New Vegetable Garden

    It's fun to plan your new garden and choose vegetables and fruit trees which you like such as raspberries or strawberries. Rhubarb is always a great standby for a neglected, shady corner and is a prolific producer. There's always room for a garden - no more excuses!

    No soggy Spring garden on a slope

    Vegetable Gardening on a Steep Slope

    Steep slopes need not be a problem. It may not be perfect but it is not impossible and you will enjoy the fruits of your labour. Spend time considering all your options as there are many benefits to planting a vegetable garden on a slope.

    Greenhouse with shadecloth
    Greenhouse extends growing season

    8 Reasons to Buy a Greenhouse

    This most recent gardening article was a joy to write about our new greenhouse which has been a wonderful, and bountiful addition to my gardening experience. There are many reasons to consider a greenhouse, space permitting.

    There is a lot of reading in the above articles and always more to learn. If gardening is new to you, I hope you will persevere and plan your garden during the fall and winter months. Best wishes for your new vegetable garden or perhaps a first time garden. Get started now.  All the best ... and happy gardening.

    Squash on the vine
    Squash on the vine
    Wash vegetables before eating
    Fresh potatoes
    Parsley sage rosemary oregano and chives - easy herbs to grow in a small space
    First strawberry pick - sweet and juicy strawberries
    First strawberry pick
    Home grown, chemical free squash - a good place to start
    Chemical free squash
    Abundant homegrown zucchini
    Abundant zucchini
    "You, as a food buyer,
    have the distinct privilege of proactively participating
    in shaping the world
    your children will inherit"
    ~ Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm

    Links & References

    • Reasons to Grow your own Fruit at Home
    • 12 Reasons to Grow your Own Food
    • More Ideas on Growing Your Own Food
    • A favourite gardening book by John Seymour "The Self Sufficient Gardener", Dolphin Books, 1980
    • Another classic reference book is "Square Foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew, Rodale, 2005
    “In almost every garden, the land is made better and so is the gardener. “

    ~ Robert Rodale (1930–1990)

    Good companions - Parsley & tomato
    Radish - sweet & juicy
    Marigold
    Favourite tomato onion salad
    Favourite tomato onion salad
    Tasty organic garlic
    Tasty organic garlic
    Mature Russian kale sometimes requires staking
    Mature Russian kale

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    • Devan Greenhouses - A "Destination Garden Centre"
    • Leah's Fabulous 2nd Year Vegetable Garden
      An Incredible 2nd Year Vegetable Garden
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