#grow your own vegetables

[helengie]

The Benefits of Growing Your Own Vegetables and Fruits

Growing your own vegetables and fruits can be a rewarding experience. It can be a great way to save money, eat healthier, and connect with nature. Here are some of the benefits of growing your own produce:

Save money: Growing your own vegetables and fruits can be a great way to save money on your food bill. You can grow your own produce at home, without having to worry about the cost of transportation, packaging, and store markup.

Eat healthier: Freshly grown vegetables and fruits are often more nutritious than store-bought produce. This is because they are picked ripe and immediately eaten. Store-bought produce, on the other hand, may be picked before it is ripe and then shipped long distances. This can lead to loss of nutrients.

Connect with nature: Growing your own vegetables and fruits can be a great way to connect with nature. It can be a relaxing and enjoyable experience to spend time outdoors, tending to your plants.

How to get started?

If you are interested in growing your own vegetables and fruits, there are a few things you need to do to get started. First, you need to choose the right plants for your climate and growing conditions. You can find information on plant selection at your local nursery or garden center.

Once you have chosen your plants, you need to prepare your garden bed. This involves tilling the soil and adding compost or other organic matter. You also need to choose the right location for your garden. Vegetables and fruits need full sun, so choose a spot that gets at least six hours of sunlight per day.

After you have prepared your garden bed, you can plant your seeds or seedlings. Be sure to water your plants regularly, especially during hot, dry weather. You may also need to fertilize your plants to help them grow healthy.

Tips for success

Here are a few tips to help you succeed in growing your own vegetables and fruits:Start small. If you are new to gardening, start with a few easy-to-grow vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, or lettuce. Do your research. Learn about the different types of vegetables and fruits that you want to grow. This will help you choose the right plants for your climate and growing conditions.

Be patient

It takes time and effort to grow a successful garden. Don't get discouraged if you don't see results overnight.

Growing your own vegetables and fruits can be a rewarding experience that can save you money, improve your health, and connect you with nature.

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[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Izutsumi character study

#dungeon meshi #izutsumi #One of my goals for this year was to spend more time doing art studies. #What better way to start than with my favourite danmeshi character (not seen: a whole page of figuring out her features) #I feel like she is by far one of the most poorly understood characters in the series. Partially due to her 'late party member' status. #'She's abrasive and mean' - 'she's a picky eater' - 'she's a catgirl who acts like an asshole cat ' YES and that is the point! #Everyone in dungeon meshi is traumatized and messy about it but izutsumi is just less polite in how she tries to cope. #Izutsumi is a extremely traumatized teenager who has utterly lacked autonomy her entire life. #She is the epitome of a “If I can just have X thing then all my problems will be solved!” character. And the X is 'Freedom'. #Her epilogue was one of the best and wrapped up her character so wonderfully (WARNING: I WILL NOW SPOIL PART OF THE ENDING) #Because she finally gets her freedom! She can go where she wants to and she doesn't need anybody! Yet...it doesn't fix her. #She is so focused on doing only what she wants that she forgets her own needs. Sometimes you have to eat the things you don't want. #And sometimes you have to face the hard truths that you need more than just one thing to make you happy. #Life is not all about only seeking pleasures and avoiding pain. You need to be balanced in order to grow. #Eat your vegetables (including the metaphorical ones: I am eating more art veggies this year by doing art studies!!!)

[allthingssoulful-garden]

Quiet evening at the orchard. It's been a couple of weeks since I last went there, so I didn't know what to expect in terms of veggies ready to be harvested.

Also the patch of weeds slightly to the right, I specifically left that space empty, I was planning to sow black radishes there later in the season. Only I didn't have the time and now I think it's too late for them.

#harvest #vegetables #orchard garden #gardeners on tumblr #grow your own food #gardenblr #edible gardening #garden #gardenblog #gardening #gardencore

[turtlesandfrogs]

Some seed companies worth checking out:

- Fedco Seeds, a co-op with reasonable prices and reliable seeds

- Territorial Seed, an Oregon-based seed company, cool tools too

- Johnny's, along with the top two, one of the main companies small farms order from in my area

- Kitazawa seeds, really interesting Asian vegetable seeds

- Strictly Medicinal seeds, good variety of herbs, flowers, and veg.

- Uprising Seeds, a really small company here in Washington that focuses on heirloom & open pollinated seed varieties, with a focus on plants that can thrive in organic settings & flavor.

- Southern Exposure: focused on warm climate growing, so I've never ordered from them, but I've heard good things

#gardenblr #gardening #grow your own #vegetables

[nitrogen-fixing-cartel]

Tomatillo seedlings

#grow your own food #vegetable gardening #gardening #tomatillos #seed saving #seed starting #soil blocks #myphoto

[amelia-rate]

July 29, 2023

Rainy Saturday

This cherry tomato plant was a gift from the man I buy seedlings from, it's a variety that a friend of his created. "The best cherry tomato you'll ever taste" and while I haven't sampled every single cherry tomato variety in the world, these are really very good to snack on. And very photogenic.

#gardening #the patch on telfair #grow your own food #urban gardening #tomato #tomato discourse #vegetables #solarpunk #amelia rate photos

[wildrungarden]

9/19/23 ~ Hydroponics at school. Those cucumbers grew super fast 😳 and some Romaine Lettuce!

#indoor garden #container gardening #sustainable gardening #vegetable gardening #starting seeds #grow organic #grow your own food #organic gardening #tomato garden #green witch #greenhouse #greenhouse nursery #plant nursery #hydroponics #growing cucumbers #romaine lettuce #sustainable agriculture

[deepdrearn]

Harvested well over 6kg of cherry tomatoes this summer 🥹

#vegetable garden #tomatoes of Tumblr #grow your food #grow your own food

[awesomecooperlove]

“THERE IS NO REASON FOR HUNGER”

🥒👩🏼‍🌾🥦

#gardening #veggie garden #vegetables #food #growing your own food #successful gardening #copper #electro culture

[themightyfoo]

Square Foot Gardening Update!

I harvested the onions and garlic yesterday - this is what I got from my raised bed in the hellstrip by the street. A 2x5 patch yielded 27 heads of hardneck 'Killarney Red' garlic and 20 'Yellow Rock' onions that I planted last October, along with 20 little 'Candy Apple' red onions that I planted in April for use as scallions. I'll replant those little red onions and two dozen of the largest garlic cloves in the Fall. Onions and garlic are dead simple to grow and make a good beginner crop.

Here's how the raised bed looked on May 3rd. The onions are in the left midground, the garlic in the right midground, the leeks and potatoes are visible in the background. I reserved the empty foreground patch for a pole bean planting I planned for late May. A few scallions spilled over into the bean patch because I intended to take them early, before the beans took over.

Here's how the pole beans looked as of this morning. I built a trellis between two beds to increase the bean growing area and make them orders of magnitude easier to pick. The bamboo I got from a patch growing in my Japanese-style back garden. The bare patch on the extreme lower left of the photo is where the onions and garlic were.

Here's my husband showing one day's bean and tomato harvest. This is what it's yielding every 3-5 days.

And just for giggles, here's my flower bed that's in the hellstrip behind the beans, sweet peppers and tomatoes. The gladiolus and cosmos are just starting to bloom; the bachelor buttons and nasturtiums have been blooming for quite a while now. (In the spring it's a riot of crocuses, daffodils, irises and hyacinths.)

If there's enough interest I can post how to build the watering grids. Building them yourself is far cheaper than buying pre-assembled ones online.

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[katiajewelbox]

Have you ever tried an Asparagus Pea (Tetragonolobus purpurea)?

This is a relative of peas rather than asparagus. The species is grown all over tropical Southeast Asia and is thought to have come from New Guinea originally. This plant is a novelty crop in western gardens but it has great potential to become a more economically important plant. For example, all parts of the plant are edible (with proper cooking), the seeds can be used in a similar way to soybeans, and it can be processed into feed for domestic animals. It’s very easy to grow in the UK.

We weren’t too impressed with the stringy pods and astringent taste of the pods but we may have not used the optimal cooking style.

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[oreoambitions]

housemate: we should make zucchini bread me: should we... grow some zucchini housemate: ... buying it from the store *does* feel a little like cheating now, yeah

#we have a whole stardew valley deal going in the backyard #there are more than 100 crops growing back there #I have bought one (1) vegetable since March #I know so much about mildew now #ask me about the watering requirements for beans #did you know there are so many kinds of beans #did you know you can grow sunflowers year round in some places #did you know you can GROW YOUR OWN PUMPKINS #the kitchen windowsill is now an ICU for plant babies #I spent my whole day off last week reading about crop rotation #what is GOING ON HERE #we have ten kinds of strawberry!!!!! #oreo rambles

[chokrihizem]

Starting watermelon seeds indoors offers a rewarding way to jump-start your melon-growing season and enjoy a bountiful harvest of sweet, juicy fruits. By following this complete guide, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to successfully start watermelon seeds indoors!

Seedling Success: Starting Watermelon Seeds Indoors

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[allthingssoulful-garden]

Some very large tomato clusters that barely stay on the vine anymore.

Varieties are Riccio di Parma, Drapée, Charlie Chaplin and Auria.

#tomatoes #home garden #gardeners on tumblr #grow your own food #gardenblr #edible gardening #garden #gardenblog #gardening #gardencore #vegetables

[turtlesandfrogs]

I'm going to actually try at growing peppers this year. Which is to say, I tried starting them at the same time as my tomatoes and treating them like tomatoes twice now with poor results, so this year I'm:

- Starting them now, in January, instead of in March

- Going to pinch off their top buds at least once

- Going to pinch off any flower buds between now and half way through May.

- Actually going to read something about growing peppers instead of pretending that this heat loving crop should be treated like my tomatoes (which I select for doing well in cool summer areas...)

Off to go find a reputable source on growing peppers (input is welcome. Also input for eggplants is welcome)

#gardening #grow your own food #vegetable gardening #peppers

[nitrogen-fixing-cartel]

Tomatoes can quickly form roots from any branch. They are easy to propagate. I read a post from a tomato fan that they plant their starts deep so most of the stem is underground. The tomatoes then grow a huge root system which results in a huge plant with lots of fruit. I am going to try that this year. I've been potting up my tomato seedlings with the stems a little lower than usual.

#tomatoes #gardening #vegetable gardening #grow your own food #mytxt