A Home Vegetable Garden Should Be In Your Plans
Posted: Thursday, March 19, 2009
by Fred Myers
gardeners gardening
The considerations that require your attention here are the time necessary to apply to a home vegetable garden,the size and shape of the area and ease of developing the area picked for the garden,consider the climate conditons of your area as certain vegetables will produce better than others,and learn to know your temperate zone for effective plant growth.
The positioning of your garden is the next concern. You need to consider the impact of shade on the area selected and even the wind currents that flows over the selected location. Your vegetable garden will require at least five hours of sunlight per day no matter what type of vegetables you plan to raise but ten hours is ideal. The other factor to keep in mind when planting your vegetable garden is the height of each type of plant. For example don't plant corn where it will shade the other lower height vegetables. Always plant taller vegetables to the north of the shorter vegetables. Vegetables like lettuce need to be near the southern part of the garden.
Your home vegetable garden will flourish best in a level section with good drainage and good loose soil. You should not establish your home vegetable garden in a low area,or at the base of a hill and a sloping area with a solid fence as a border is not good. This type of location seems to warm very slowly in the spring season. The frost also has a natural tendancy to form in these locations.
I would not select a location of the vegetable garden in an area with too many rocks and stones for two reasons. Vegetables will have difficulty in rooting and you will not have fun in preparation of this location to plant your vegetables. It is necessary to locate the garden where water is easily accessible. You might need to use a hose to reach the garden which is fine. It is not fine if it means transporting water to the home vegetable garden.
In order to make a decision as to the types of vegetables you can grow,after personal preference,you need to determine what type of soil in which your seeds will be planted. An easy and inexpensive soil testing kit will provide you with the answer.It will test for nutrients and the levels of ph. Some vegetables prefer a more acidic soil while other vegetables lean toward an alkaline soil. Most vegetables seem to be in a range of 6.0 to 6.5 regarding ph. All of this can be treated by use of compost mixed into the topsoil or you can add commerical fertilizer to improve the results of your testing. You can usually locate the soil requirements on the seed packet or inquire at the garden center if you are purchasing plants.
Your Home vegetable garden will require approximately an inch of water per week. The amount can fluctuate based on the type of soil where your vegetables are planted. clay soil for example will retain more moisture than loamy soil and sandy soil will need additonal water than either of the others.
If you are interested in more detail concerning the planting of a home vegetable garden and information on many types of vegetables you could plant then you need to visit this web page at gardenersgardening for more information http://www.gardenersgardening.com/homevegetablegardening.html
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