Would You Like To Grow Vegetables In Your Backyard - However Much (or little) Space You Have?

Why do so many people surrender to not garden themselves and put it down to "not having a green thumb". Like anything else, you just have to find someone who is already getting good results, and copy what they do. This is the reason I have put "organic gardening and bonuses" together in 1 package. Organic Gardening covers all bases and beyond! Stating with what really works and why it does. There is a focus on gardening in any situation from farms to balconies and doing it in a way that does not cost money to establish. This is one of the great things about gardening - I believe your productive garden is a given and not something you have to buy.

From home, you can grow vegetables, fresh herbs and even create mini orchards. And while starting a garden does not have to cost you money, you can do it from an inner city balcony, courtyard or full bush property. Your space should not be a limitation on your right to enjoy fresh fruit and vegetables from home.

More and more people are beginning to think this will soon be a nessesity-growing from home. In terms of health and lifestyle, I really do believe that urban food production is of great importance now.

Growing Vegetables - first steps

Create an area that gets at least 5 hours of sun per day. If you have a small space, pots can be very useful to move around throughout the day to capture maximum sunlight/move indoors for ideal growing conditions. Make sure you have quality seed. This means Old school, non-hybrid heirloom varities. I urge you not to buy the first packet of seeds in the local supermarket or hardware store as they will not last beyond 1 season. Look up the heirloom organic seed suppliers online and pick suitable varieties for your area. I recommend Eden Seeds

The veggies that suite beginners are tomato, potato, garlic, pumpkin, radish, amaranth, silverbeet, kale and rocket. Many herbs are easy to grow, take up very little space and will save you money. For many people, herbs are a good way to start. You can start with buying some punnets and planting them into herb pots, but always try and grow your own from seed. It may be harder at first, but you will gain confidence and learn how to grow young plants and established plants.

Once you have some herbs and veggies growing in pots at the back door - you should expand to a "no-dig garden".

How To Build A No Dig Vegetable Garden

Building a no dig vegetable garden is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to grow food at home. It is also a great organic method as you control exactly what medium you are using. Firstly you source the materials you need by trying to use as many localy available materials as possible. These include straw, lucerne, compost, mushroom compost, newspaper and some kind of border.

A no dig garden is sometimes called a lasagne garden as it is built layer upon layer like making a lasagne at home. We advocate the use of no dig gardens because they are easy to build, they are adaptable (you can build them on cement if needed) to your conditions and they are quick to get started.

Read more about no dig vegetable gardening

If you want to know more about no dig gardening, there is plenty of material on the web, including organic gardening,the product we have put together which shows you in step by step form.

Grow Vegetables at home