Gardening

Eating Organic Veggies can be expensive, so having a small garden can be very beneficial for your health and your wallet. I always recommend starting with seeds because there is so much you can control if you do. The soil used can be organic, the seeds can be organic and without GMO’s, you can control the amount of pesticide use, the pluses keep going. The relief of knowing exactly where your food comes from is enough for me.

So start with good seeds. My family originates from Palestine and I had the privilege of receiving seeds from there. My uncle has a Largs Garden and most of my seeds are from his actual crop, its fantastic. I also had the pleasure of getting a few others from Italy. every region has its own type of plants with there own unique flavor. The soil plays an important role in the type of fruit or vegetable produced as well. So if you’ve ever been to Italy and wondered why the tomatoes are soooo good, it probably has something to do with the soil.

Now as much as I would love to ship the actual soil from various countries to my garden, that’s almost impossible. So you have to learn how to manipulate or mimic the soil you have to produce the best flavor. A great way to do that is by using planter pots, each tomato plant can be from a different country, if thats what you want.

The next thing you need to is figure out is where you want your garden and what do you want to plant. If this is your first time start small. Don’t overwhelm yourself with too much. Figure out what works best. Do some research on how plants grow and which plants will need a trellis to grow best. A garden is a lot of work and will need to be maintained. Pay attention to spacing, a lot of plants grow very large and you want to make sure you aren’t over crowding your veggies. You will need to make sure one plant doesn’t take over the area leaving another with no sunlight to grow.

Then you’ll need to figure out when is the best time to sow your seeds. Every area is different. You need to make sure its warm enough outside before doing so. And watch out for rude animals like Ground hogs and squirrels who will dig up your garden looking for those seeds. They will toss the soil around messing up your entire plant sequence and eat the larger seeds found. Do your best to keep an eye out for them and if possible cover your garden until you see your seedlings begin to sprout.

Once your seeds are planted be sure to water them every day that it does not rain.

And wait for the magic to happen. Before you know it you’ll be making meals straight from the garden to your kitchen.

Let me know if you have any questions and share your garden images!!!!

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