Grow more vegetables from the smaller garden

Gardening made easier, with the right knowledge you can get more vegetables from less space. The old style gardening with long rows spaced 3 feet apart just does not work for the many gardeners and urban farmers. Not to mention all the hard work associated with the large garden or farm that has 3 foot wide rows to weed.

“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.” Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States.

Gardening Tools Supplies and Gift ideas

We have some gardening gift ideas that may help your gift buying. We try to recommend only high quality items that we would use ourselves. If you are looking for high qualitygarden tool gift sets with or without a tool bag or tote, look here garden tool gift sets. If you are looking to purchase quality tools separately you can find some here Quality gardening hand tools . Every gardener could use a bag, tote cart or wagon to carry their tools and supplies to and around the garden. For gardening bags, totes, carts or wagon you will find what you are looking for here garden totes, bags, carts and wagon gifts. Perhaps you are looking for containers or pots to give or for yourself. There are regular pots that work just fine and have been in use for ages, whether it be terra cotta or plastic, wood etc. Another idea that works great are pots with watering systems built in, often called self watering because you can go so long between watering. These pots are great for the person who wants to have a garden but does not have the time to care for it daily. You can find both of these types of planters or containers here garden pots containers and planters.

Getting the most vegetables in the smallest space

This can only be done with the right knowledge of the plants, soil, sun and water.

Benefits include

Once set up, less work, weeding is much easier, there is less area to weed.
Chemical pesticides and fertilizers are not necessary as plants will be naturally pest and disease resistant .
Can work well in small yards. 4’x4’ can give a nice harvest.
More free time, less land to manage means more free time for you.
Some of the best tomatoes and vegetables you have ever had.

Many gardeners use companion gardening, interplanting to improve their gardens health and get rid of garden pests and insects naturally without insecticides or chemicals. Gardeners plant plants together that enhance each other, usually by repelling harmful insects or attracting beneficial ones. The Native Americans used a form of this that they called Three Sisters they would plant corn together with beans and squash.

If you are plagued with poor soil, whatever the reason, too sandy, too much clay, too rocky etc. do not despair. You could either till in organic material such as compost and peat to get your soil up to speed, or you could build a raised bed garden A raised bed garden is a frame, open on top and bottom that sits on top of your poor soil and you fill it with nutrient rich potting soil that you either purchase outright or mix up yourself.

Start your garden off with the best seeds and plants, a good garden starts with good plants.

Want to take it up a notch, want more flavor from your tomatoes and vegetables? Want more disease and pest resistant naturally? want plants that you can grow the seeds from with confidence that you will get the same plants? want more color from your tomatoes and vegetables? Try planting heirloom seeds or plants, yes they will amaze you, these are what tomatoes and vegetables are supposed to taste like, delicious.

Difficulty deciding where to put your garden? What type of garden to plant? Check out our vegetable garden design page and get some ideas.

Learn all you need to grow fantastic tomatoes here.

The garden pictured above was created using the book All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More In Less Space by Mel Bartholomew All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! as a inspiration. Growing in the garden is lettuce, tomatoes, radishes, beets, turnips and collards.