How to Start a Vegetable Garden

Growing a vegetable garden can fun and an accomplishment. Being able to watch something grow in front of you is exciting. Even if you do not have a 'green thumb' watching seeds go from nothing to something is amazing.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Vegetable Seeds of Your Liking
• Mini Greenhouse
• Planters

Growing a Vegetable Garden Indoors

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   Purchase vegetable seeds and mini greenhouse. First, go to your local nursery or mass retailer where they sell any array of vegetable seeds and mini greenhouses.

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   Open seed pouches and greenhouse top. Second, tear open the pouch of the seeds you want to see grow. Also, remove top of mini greenhouse, follow instructions wrapped about mini greenhouse.

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   Place seeds in greenhouse peet moss. Third, once peet moss has expanded, tear open top of peet moss and with seeds in hand, place about five to six seeds into peet moss. Repeat this until you have filled up other peet moss disks with seeds of your liking.

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   Place mini greenhouse in a warm place. If your kitchen window has a windowsill, place the mini greenhouse on the windowsill. That is, if the kitchen windowsill gets sun all day long. If your kitchen does not get sun, find another place in your home.

5. Remove grown seeds. After 10 days, the seeds should begin to pop out of the peet moss. Now, either place vegetable plant in planter or place in ground. This is up to you, but it is best if your vegetable garden, in ground or in planters, is in direct sunlight.

Relocating Vegetable Garden Outdoors

6. Remove Grown Vegetable from Mini Greenhouse: Once the vegetable seeds you planted have grown to the height you want inside the mini greenhouse, remove the grown vegetable outdoors.

7. Plant Vegetable in Ground or Planter. With the vegetables removed from mini greenhouse, plant the vegetable either in the ground or in a planter. Vegetables usually grown better in the ground, but if you do not have room to grow the vegetable in the ground, a planter will do fine as well.

8. This is all you have to do in order for any vegetable seed to thrive outdoors. Begin your vegetable garden, indoors, then once seeds have sprouted, remove vegetable plant from mini greenhouse and plant in ground or planter, outdoors. Now that was easy.

Tips & Warnings

• Follow instructions on mini greenhouse box and follow this article. Then, your vegetable garden should grow!
• If you have toddlers, place vegetable garden away from tiny hands.

[JackLTrades]

on 3/3/2009 I am currently going through dirt withdrawl. Is it spring yet?

[SarahRobinson]

on 3/2/2009 Thanks for this information. My boys always want to plant things in a garden, but I always wait too long to start. I will definitely try this method! 5*

[wizardofodds]

on 2/22/2009 Great article. 5*

[rwwilkins]

on 2/13/2009 I would love to have a small garden like this at the house. Thanks for the help! 5*

[rewrite810]

on 1/27/2009 Great tips...love the mini greenhouse idea! 5*