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Start small, and only grow what you know you and your family will eat. As a beginner, start by choosing easy vegetables that are also productive. For example, if you live in an area with extremely hot weather, vegetables that prefer cooler temps may struggle. Mix in flowers such as marigolds —which discourage pests, attracts pollinators, and adds some color! If you are simply growing two or three tomato plants, this process is easy.
But if you plan to grow a full garden, you need to consider:. Every region has a different planting time based mainly on their weather, and every vegetable has its temperature preferences, too.
Just enter your zip code or postal code in Canada! For specific planting information, see our individual Grow Guides for over popular vegetables, herbs, and fruit. For each crop, we provide specific information about how to plant, grow, and harvest, including watering and fertilizing and pest control!
To help out beginners, we thought that it may be useful to see a garden design. Here is an example of a starter family garden using mainly of the common easy-to-grow vegetables listed above. It also features companion planting the practice of placing plants that thrive together next to each other. Frankly, if we had grown this garden in our very first year, we would be thrilled! In planning the garden this way, we have made it so much easier for you to succeed with it. Click here to see the full plant list , number of plants, spacing, and spacing in rows.
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Photo: Almanac Garden Planner. Try it free for 7 days. Any questions or advice about starting your garden? Check out some of the comments below. Many of your questions may have been answered already by our Almanac community or you are welcome to add your own comment. Happy gardening! I'm new in gardening but I was curious that how to do gardening but now after reading this beginner guide now i ready for gardening thanks for all this information.
The garden planner is lovely, but i'm hoping that you'll have an update to the 'in ground dates' feature. Right now I can only select in-ground dates of complete months.
I would like to plan for succession planting and dates other than the first of the month e. Is this coming in the future? Hi Catherine! I absolutely loved this article on gardening. I love the art of gardening coz' it brings me so much peace.
And it is wonderful that you share your precious wisdom with us. To keep your information straight, write down your ideal planting day for each one on a Post-It, stick it to the individual packets, and organize the seeds in chronological order in a card file.
To prep for seed starting, hit the stores and stock up on enough of the right growing mix, seed trays, and peat pots or whatever other method you plan to use. Make sure you have the necessary tools; fill in any gaps in your collection and clean and sharpen the tools you already own.
The essentials: a round-headed shovel, a garden spade and fork, a scuffle hoe, a dirt rake, a bypass pruner, a trowel, a garden thermometer, and a wheelbarrow. Outside: If the ground is workable, plant bare root perennial vegetables like asparagus, artichoke, horseradish, and rhubarb.
Inside: Start seeds for cool-season vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, kale, lettuce, spinach, and onions. The bottom line: Since this month tends to be unpredictable weather-wise, have row covers at the ready for any late-season frosts or freezes that might damage perennials. Outside: Most vegetables prefer a slightly acidic soil 6. No such luck? Even if your test is good, you should amend the soil—i.
Scatter the fertilizer along the sides of a row of plants; turn it into the existing soil with a spading fork and rake it smooth. Inside: Start seeds of warm season crops such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, pumpkin, snap beans, squash, and sweet corn. At the end of the month, plant peas. The bottom line: The weather can still work against you—keep those row covers handy in case of a nighttime cold snap—but otherwise you should be getting into full swing.
Check soil temperature regularly with your thermometer. Begin setting out your early-season crops. Try to pick an overcast day to minimize transplant shock—the stress that occurs when plants are moved from a cushy greenhouse environment to the harsh real world. Be sure to water well at planting time. When finished, add a two- to three-inch layer of mulch to suppress weeds and keep in moisture.
Plant them in succession, every few weeks, for a continuous harvest through the season. And stay on top of weeds, catching them before they begin to spread. The bottom line: Take advantage of warm temps, longer days, and moist soil to do the bulk of your remaining plantings. But resist the temptation to plant more than you can reasonably take care of as the season advances.
Confirm that you have the gear you need to water the garden: As temperatures warm, consistent moisture will be of the utmost importance. You can continue or start planting any early-season crops, plus tomatoes, squash, melons, eggplant, peppers, sweet corn, cucumbers, potatoes, and herbs. Water and mulch any new transplants with care.
If choosing to sow directly in the garden, start your carrots, beets, and radishes. Follow packet instructions for proper spacing of the crops that were direct sown and thin the seedlings accordingly. Watch for insect damage on leaves missing notches, holes, pits, or stripped stems. When you spy signs of trouble, control the situation by removing the affected leaves, employing a row cover to create a barrier, or spraying or dusting with an organic pesticide.
Consult a garden center or extension service for a recommendation of the best action. Cool-season plants like asparagus, peas, and spring greens will be getting ready for harvest.
The more you harvest, the more they produce! The bottom line: Full speed ahead! Through the next few months, your focus will be on maintenance and harvest. Early in the month, finish getting any warm-season vegetables into the ground. Direct sow the warm-season crops you plan to grow in place.
Continue to thin seedlings of direct-sown crops that were planted earlier. Chinese Cabbage. Grow 6 to 8 heads per person. Space plants 4 inches apart in rows 24 to 30 inches apart. Grow 2 to 3 plants per person. Yield 4 to 8 pounds per foot row. Space plants 15 to 18 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart. Grow 12 to 20 plants per person. Yield 1 to 2 ears per plants, 10 to 12 ears per foot row. Space plant 4 to 6 inches apart in rows2 to 3 feet apart.
Grow 6 plants per person. Grow 3 to 4 plants per quart for pickling. Space plants 1 to 3 feet apart in rows 3 to 6 feet apart. Yield 8 fruits per Italian oval varieties; yield 10 to 15 fruits per Asian varieties. Space plants 24 to 30 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart. Endive and Escarole. Yield 3 to 6 pounds per foot row. Grow 12 to 16 plants per person. Yield 10 to 30 bulbs per foot row.
Space cloves 3 to 6 inches apart in rows 15 inches apart. Yield 1 to 6 pound tuber per plant. Space plants 8 to 12 inches apart. Grow 4 to 5 plants per person. Space plants 12 inches apart in rows 12 inches apart. Space plants 4 to 6 inches apart in rows 30 inches apart. Grow 12 to 15 plants per person. Space plants 2 to 4 inches apart in rows 6 to 10 inches apart. Grow 6 to 10 plants per person; plant succession crops with each harvest.
Yield 4 to 10 pounds per foot row. Space looseleaf lettuce 4 inches apart and all other types 12 inches apart in rows 16 to 24 inches apart. Grow 2 to plants per person. Yield 2 to 3 melons per vine. Space plants 3 to 4 feet apart in rows 3 feet wide.
Grow 6 to 10 plants per person. Space plant 6 to 12 inches apart in rows 15 to 30 inches apart. Yield 5 to 10 pounds per foot row. Onion, Bulb. Yield 7 to 10 pounds of bulbs per foot row. Space onion sets or transplants 4 to 5 inches apart in rows 18 inches apart.
Grow 10 plants per person. Yield 10 pounds per foot row. Space plants 3 to 4 inches apart in rows 24 inches apart. Yield 2 to 6 pounds per foot row. Space plants 2 to 4 inches apart in rows2 feet apart for bush peas, 5 feet apart for vining peas. Yield 5 to 18 pounds per foot row. Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart in rows 28 to 36 inches apart. Grow 1 plant to yield 5 to 10 potatoes.
Yield 10 to 20 pounds per foot row. Space seed potatoes 10 to 14 inches apart in trenches 24 to 34 inches apart. Space bush pumpkins 24 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart. Set 2 to 3 vining pumpkins on hills spaced 6 to 8 feet apart. Grow 5 to 6 plants per person. Space plants 6 inches apart in rows 18 inches apart. Grow 15 plants per person.
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