The planting season is coming slowly and this year, it's decided, you're making a vegetable garden! Yes, but here you are, you don't know much about it but you want to start gardening … Follow our advice and become an outstanding gardener thanks to our guide for beginners special vegetable garden.
Making a vegetable garden: the basics
To embark on the creation of a vegetable patch, you must
respect certain basic rules:
The location
Choose a location:
- well exposed to the sun;
- near a water point;
- with drained soil (not too wet);
- near the house for more convenience;
- not too big, 10 m² maximum for a first,
it's already very good !
Caring for the earth
- Weed;
- Ventilate;
- Put fertilizer (or better, compost
House) ; - Spread mulch between the plants to
conserve moisture and prevent weeds from growing.
The tools to start gardening
Beginner's vegetable garden: the “easy” varieties
In order to give you the best possible chance to start gardening, we have selected for you the varieties of fruits, vegetables and aromatic herbs that require very little maintenance.
Easy fruits
- Raspberry;
- The strawberry ;
- Rhubarb;
- Blackcurrant;
- Currant.
Easy vegetables
- The lettuce ;
- The radish ;
- The courgette ;
- The carrot ;
- Green beans ;
- Green peas;
- Spinach ;
- Shallots;
- Potatoes ;
- Kale;
- Squash.
Easy aromatic herbs
- The Basilic ;
- Mint ;
- Chives ;
- Parsley;
- Thyme ;
- Sage ;
- Rosemary.
A vegetable patch on my balcony!
If you don't have a garden, a lot of plants can grow
grow above ground. So you can garnish your planters with plants
aromatic, suspend strawberry plants or even acquire
an inexpensive above-ground vegetable patch and place it on your balcony!
Our choice :
To avoid too many complications, we
advise to avoid sowing and buy seedlings directly, plant them
from mid-May to be certain that the risk of frost has passed.
Happy planting!
