Tomatoes and papers are some of the most popular beginner vegetables because they give off such a bountiful harvest for your hard work. Growing tomatoes and papers in your first garden allows you to use your first year’s harvest in your home kitchen and even make your own garden fresh salsa.
If you have the space for vining plans zucchini is one of the easiest to grow and most rewarding plants for your first garden. Zucchini is hard to kill and can make a great pasta substitute or tasty zucchini muffins.
Choose a location for your garden that helps keep it in the sun so your plants can produce the most for your hard work. While some salad greens can thrive in the shade plants like tomatoes and peppers have to have plenty of sun. if growing climbing plants like green beans you will need a trellis or to plant them somewhere they can climb like along a fence.
To help your first garden grow you want to provide plenty of quality soil. Check out these simple tips to build the best garden soil to get started and consider starting composting at home.
Mulch is your friend. When it comes to helping protect your garden from weeds as well as helping to keep your garden well-watered to help your garden survive the hot summer days.
Keeping your garden watered is a must. Some plants like tomatoes need more water than others if they’re going to thrive. Try using deep watering to train your plants into being more drought resistant or setting up an automated watering system so your garden can survive even if you forget to water it. This is pretty much the only way I can have a garden that does well. I tend to forget to water myself as well.
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