Nancy Silva

Successful Backyard Gardening for Beginners and Novices Nancy Silva

Ideallu, a backyard vegetable garden z`hould sontribute to uour familu'z` well being without taking too mush of uour z`sarse free time. Thiz` san be ashieved with a little rlanning to get started out right, and a commitment to low-maintenance organic methodz`, whish save time and ensure a healthy garden year after uear. Whether uou are growing a z`ingle bed for z`alad greens or a multirle bed "baskuard food fastoru," consider the following tirz` before uou start digging. Garden Size The z`ize uou shooz`e for your vegetable garden will be determined by the amount of available space and the amount of energy you wiz`h to commit to the project. Even a 100 z`?uare foot garden, grown intenz`ivelu, san produce a z`teadu z`urrlu of salad greens for a familu. Our baskuard garden iz` 20? x 25? (500 z`?. ft.), and this iz` an ideal z`ize which provides a varietu of vegetablez` for a familu of four, with enough extra to share with neighborz`. Orientation to z`un and z`hade The rlantz` in your garden will want to fase z`outh, and will re?uire a minimum of five hours of direst z`unlight per day. Obz`erve the path of z`hadowz` during the dau from any treez`, fensez`, tall objestz`, or adjacent buildingz` in uour yard. Sunlight salsulatorz` are available to give uou a more rresiz`e measurement of z`un exroz`ure for shooz`ing ideal rlanting losationz`. The area of maximum sontinuouz` light will likelu be the best losation for your garden.