Now that we covered position, soil, and how big you want your garden it is time to determine what you want to grow in it. Unfortunately, there is no list, I can give, every family has different needs, but as you plant your garden, think carefully about what they actually do with you the harvest time to preserve that, if necessary, and what your family likes to eat. I hate tomatoes, no sense in Plantation of them!
Before going into aNursery and see all these beautiful lush plants and can be taken away, be sure to have a plan. Like shopping, if you have an endless list, that probably will buy things that do not need to go!
Start with your family favorites and then check the yields on packets of seeds to try to determine how much you need. If you're looking to buy plants from a nursery, ask them to help you make the choice. When deciding what to plant, I ask you:
First is my family like?
According to Ihave the space to make it grow?
Third I know where to go in my garden?
What should I do with the fourth dehydrate harvest (for example, can freeze, etc.)
If you plan on canning, drying, freezing etc, make sure that the supplies and resources for it. If you do not have a freezer, it can be difficult to freeze a lot of items. If you do not have a dehydrator, you can rent one? And if you're not canning supplies, you can borrow, or buy stocksa bit '?
If you are a top gardening, this is an area that will be easier with experience. Once you know what worked and what did not you the next time it will be easier to plan your garden. Make sure you keep a diary and note garden annual returns to determine if you should more or less in all establishments or plants!
Now that I think the size, you must consider how to grow a lot. I recommend vegetables, getting high and does not take much space and areeasy to maintain. These are:
Snap beans, bush or pole beans
Peas
Leafy vegetables, loose leaf lettuce
Tomatoes
Pepper plants.
Herbs
Some vegetables take up more space, but still to be considered are:
Vining melons (such as water melon)
Squash (summer, zucchini, cucumbers, etc.)
Pumpkins
Sweetcorn
Before deciding what to plant, to stop and reflect, you reap what your goals for your garden? This is afresh green salad on the table every night? Or you can choose your own spaghetti sauce? Or both?
Another factor in determining what is to grow your area, or basically what we grow in the area on the basis of climate. Often say on the back of seed packets or in your plant tags, the areas that you have inside the area in order to choose the plants will grow by more. Obviously, if you buy plants from a nursery you can be pretty sure it's in your growtharea. But if you decide to use seed or an order from a catalog, knowing your area will be useful. You can find a map here, and entering the zip code, you will immediately know which zone you are in.
The final factor in determining who want to be grow what they are asking if the system is worth the work for what you have and you will not be saving at the supermarket? To me, potatoes are not really worth it to grow, because I can buy so cheap at the store, which oftenmarked, and she would much space in my garden. I have not had much success in our area with watermelon, and since there is no help, it is easier for me, in the supermarket, where it goes on sale to buy all summer. Corn is so cheap is another article that I did not grow normally. I like the stems for decoration, though, and sometimes I want some plan for this reason. Canned pumpkin is a lot easier if I want to make pumpkin pie, so plants do not usuallyPumpkin. Consider what kind of tomatoes are always on hand to reduce costs. It is worth to grow this way? Perhaps grow a new way of working more expensive varieties of tomatoes best for you. Your garden will save you money on your crop, consider these things when you plant.
Limit is not just vegetables. You can usually strawberry plants, raspberry bushes, blueberry, etc. purchased at any nursery or through a catalog (which I like Four SeasonsBest price, quality and warranty). The fruit is usually permanent, which come every year, although you may need to wait for a harvest. The result is greater than the penalty system as it is well worth the time, money and effort.