How do I make a nice vegetable garden?

Question

How do I make a nice vegetable garden?

Answer 1

plant it =]]

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Answer 2

u shud put in raised garden beds to keep critters out of yer plants. also read alll directions on package and use good potting soil. u can get used coffee grounds at starbucks to mix into your soil as food for the plants. use organic pesticides that are made up of things like garlic and onions and peppers as well as other spices. you can make them at home and this will keep your vegetables for only you. haha

good luck!

Answer 3

Try Square Foot Gardening, which is a technique for growing veggies in small (4' x 4') raised beds.  It takes far less space to grow a lot of food than you might think, and the Square Foot system makes it a lot easier to keep the garden weed-free, well-organized, and well-watered.  Also, I find the tidy little raised beds rather attractive, although obviously that's going to be a matter of taste.

Mel Bartholomew, the guy who named the technique, has a book about it on the market (and also an "official" website), but I personally find his self-aggrandizing writing style intensely annoying, and anyway, you can find everything you need to know about how to do it on-line for free.  Just do a search for "Square Foot Gardening," and you'll come across a lot of information.  Gardenweb also has a forum dedicated to it, and the people there are usually really nice about answering questions.

Gardenweb's Square Foot Gardening forum:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/sqfoo...

Wikipedia article on Square Foot Gardening:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_foot...

Answer 4

I'm not an expert on this. First of all, I would close off a good portion of my backyard. This is just in case you have a dog they won't mark their territory or run over your plants. And also if you have kids they could step on the plants by accident. You must start small if you've never done this before. Buy two or three packets of a vegetable of your choice and plant it. I suggest researching the vegetable,how to plant it,pick it,etc.

Make sure you have the right soil and something that won't kill your plant, but will kill the insects that eat your plant.

Water them regularly and make sure they get plenty of sunlight!

--Annie

Answer 5

arrange it nicely

Answer 6

Anna J.'s answer is good, but also you can select plants that will help keep pests from your main crop.

Some flowers and herbs can help do this.

Try searching under "plants as pest deterant" or organic gardening.

Also if you have deer or something consider covering them with wire on a base that you can lift off.  

One last thought - the coffee grounds s/be aged and not used alone.  You can get a big jar or bucket with a cover & put coffee, tea, and veggie scraps in it.   Keep turning it over and in a month you will have a smelly, but great compost.

Have fun & good luck

Answer 7

weed, weed, weed!

Answer 8

Be very gentle with it and teach it good manners.

Answer 9

Anna has told you the way to do it.

Answer 10

first find a plot in the lawn.  Use a spade and take the top layer of grass off by cutting under it.  Throw this away.  Then using a spade, a section at a time dig down and turn the dirt upside down.  When u have done this then use spade and break all the dirt up.  A good vegie garden is above ground level which is good for drainage and aeration.  Then according to the seasons plant your seedlings.  Use slug pellets and every week, turn soil around plants, but not too close.  Keep weed free.  remember that snails love little seedlings and can eat them overnight.  You need the greenery for them to grow as this is how they make their food.  Plant a fresh crop of silverbeet yearly.  Also sprinkle parsley seeds in a corner . Never water in the sun..In the summer give deep waterings only at night. Sow rows of radish and carrots.  Put in cabbage and brocolli seedlings.  Plant tomatoes but these need to be in full sun and staked.  Good luck!

Answer 11

try this link

http://gardening-tips-idea.com/HowtoGrow...

hope its helps

Answer 12

There's a lot of good advice here by others so here's my two cents worth:

I started small and in the last four years have quadrupled my bed space.  What was once a small plot for tomatoes and peppers has grown into eight 4x4 and 4x10 raised beds growing a variety of vegetables.  The more I grew the more I really got into the gardening.  I even have my husband helping out.

I did a lot of on-line research, reading up on "Companion Planting" and learning when to plant varieties here in Arizona.  I have beans and peas in one batch, spinach, cabbage and beets in another, corn elsewhere and tomatoes in large containers.

And then I staked out an area in our backyard where we began digging.  

I personally like the Square foot gardening technique as the raised beds are small and easy to get to.  And they look nice when the beans are in full bloom and spreading upward.  The beds are easy to weed, easy to till, etc.

I add bone and blood meal every month, make sure there is sufficient moisture in the soil and every day check for pests.  I have marigolds and lavender and mints interspersed in the beds to ward off undesirable insects and sofar have no problem with the beasties.

I took a Master Gardener Course earlier this year and made new friends and learned new gardening techniques.  It's amazing what gardeners are willing to share among themselves, although many secrets remain just secrets.  

The best people to ask for advice, BTW, are other gardeners in our area as they know the soil composition, weather and terrain better than gardeners across the country.

So now, after a few years I can say that trying new vegetables and reaping a bumper harvest has been exciting.  OVer the years I've read up on gardening books at the library, studied a few good gardening websites and experimented in my garden.  I have my favorite links bookmarked.

Ultimately a "nice vegetable garden" is whatever YOU want it to be. Draw or write out a plan as to where you want your veggies to grow, do your research and calculate the costs; gardening at first can be expensive!  You will need to constantly monitor your soil, pH levels, soil texture, pests, and keep a garden journal that includes daily weather and happenings in your little patch of dirt.