Welcome to The Vegetable Garden

Helping You To A Successful Vegetable Garden

There's just something special about the entire process of gardening vegetables; from the smell of the freshly turned earth, the expectation of the seed sprouting, watching the tiny plants push their way upward out of the soil, and even in the tasks of tending to the garden and finally the harvest. But that's nothing compared to sitting down at your table and eating the produce that you grew yourself whether it be a vegetable soup, fresh sweet corn, peas, beans or whatever it is that you like to grow.

The Vegetable Garden is a site for beginners to find information on how to plan and design a garden, plant vegetables, grow vegetables, and harvest vegetables. If you are familiar with gardening, the site has tips to improve your current backyard garden and how-to tutorials like making a raised bed, container gardening, and informative articles on what vegetables like to be planted together and when they should be planted.

The site also reviews gardening products and provides links to many popular gardening product and garden seed suppliers so you can find everything you need in one easy-to-read and convenient location.

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Why is compost special?

  • Written by Gardener's Supply Company

Building and maintaining a compost pile is the surest, easiest way to become a better gardener. Not only will you be producing the best possible food for your garden, but by watching leaves, eggshells, orange rinds, and grass clippings become transformed into rich compost filled with earthworms and other soil creatures, you'll be learning what healthy soil is all about.

Compost is a rich and crumbly blend of partially decomposed organic material that does wonderful things for your garden.

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Garden Housekeeping

  • Written by Kathy Anderson

Most gardeners, myself included, would much rather be outside working in the garden than inside doing housework. Gardening also requires some housekeeping, but plant lovers generally don’t mind being outside fussing with their plants.

Garden housekeeping is done for two reasons. Keeping the garden neat and clean is done to maintain the aesthetics of the garden, and also to maintain the health of the plants in the garden.

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Planting Tomatoes In Your Garden

  • Written by Kathy Anderson

Tomatoes are without a doubt one of the most popular vegetables in the home garden, and for good reason. Homegrown tomatoes are very nutritious and much more flavorful than those bought from a store. Tomato plants will produce an abundance of fruit for the home gardener if they are properly planted and cared for.

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Let’s Plant Potatoes in the Garden

  • Written by Kathy Anderson

Potatoes, taters, spuds…call them what you will, potatoes are a staple in the diet of many people all over the planet. Potatoes are a nutritious, versatile vegetable, and they’re incredibly easy to grow. But before you run out to the garden with your shovel and hoe, there are a few things you should know about planting potatoes.

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