Starting a garden is quite simple and easy, it is not like quantum physics and there are numerous benefits to starting your own garden and growing your own food.
By planting and growing your own food you will be able to live a very healthy and positive life.
You will be able to eat good and healthy food.
You will be able to stay away from unhealthy and processed foods; you will be able to eat wholesome and nutritious food.
The first and most crucial step when it comes to planting your garden is deciding on what you want to grow that is the vegetables you want to grow and where your garden will be located.
Most plants regard less of their nature or types require at least about six to eight hours of sunlight every day.
This is crucial in order for the plants or crops to grow properly and to their full potential.
It is important that the area you choose does not have any shade or buildings near it or blocking it.
Even though greens can do with less sunlight it is not recommended.
Most plants require at least six hours of sunlight and it is important that they get it.
Another important thing to consider when it comes to choosing and deciding upon a good and suitable site for your garden is the issue of the water supply.
Your site should be located near a water source or water supply.
All plants require water and especially in hot climates and in summer.
When it comes to locating your garden you do not want to have to carry water over very long distances.
So it is very important that your garden is near a water source or some sort of water supply.
You must then proceed to protect your garden by erecting a fence so that small animals will not bother and damage or destroy your crops.
The other thing that you must consider is that of soil and soil composition.
The nature of the soil is very important.
In order to grow vegetables successfully and in order for them to reach their full potential the soil must be relatively fertile, friable, deep, and drained.
This type of soil is hard to come by and you may have to invest and improve on the soil but this should be a long term project and should be done over seasons.
Improving the nature and the composition of your soil can be done by practicing good cultivation methods.
Another important step when it comes to planting your garden is that of digging the selected and preferred area which is called cultivation and also fertilizing the area.
You must dig up or dig over the selected area.
You must do this so that the soil becomes friable and loose which is ideal when it comes to applying fertilizer and planting crops.
You can improve your soil through the applications of organic material or organic material.
They layout of your garden is equally important and time must be taken to adequately prepare and plan for this.
You must decide how and where you are going to place certain vegetables and in what quantities.
Your beds must be planned and laid out in a chronological order and manner.
So before you begin planting you must plan and decide the layout of your vegetable beds.
You can opt to create a walk path and walkway in between the bed rows or you can opt to create either a raised bed or a wide bed.
It is highly recommend that season after season and year after year you do not continue to grow the same plants and crops.
This increases the likely hood of diseases.
It is recommended that you avoid planting the same crops or plants of the same family in the same spot or same soil for three seasons.
You should rotate the beds and rotate the plants and crops as well.