Intro to Home Gardens: Organic Vegetable Gardening Tips & Ideas

Series Summary

Building an organic vegetable garden is a fun way to get back to nature and redevelop that green thumb. Having fresh tomatoes, cucumber or squash for a meal can mean the difference between another bland, boring dinner and an enjoyable homemade entrée. If for no other reason, growing vegetable garden is a nice method for getting food that hasn’t been sprayed with pesticides. You planted it, you watered it, you cared for it, and you get to eat it. There’s still something special about that.

Before embarking upon the exciting adventure of building your own home vegetable garden, there are some important issues to consider. What tools and supplies will you need? Where should you put the garden? How do you dig the bed and plant the vegetables? Find answers to all of these gardening questions and more. Learn how to design your garden in these free organic gardening videos. Get beginner tips and ideas on how to prepare the soil, how to transplant existing plants, where to put things in your garden, and how to care for and maintain your homegrown vegetables. So get out your green thumb, take some notes, and go build a vegetable garden today!

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Jose Zuniga and I'm representing expertvillage.com. Today we are going to be creating a vegetable garden. What if you just want to step out of your house and grab a tomato, a carrot, I'm telling your going to be the envy of the neighborhood. I'm going to guide you step by step planting your vegetables garden. What kind of vegetables do you need for what season? Also where do you purchase your plants, whether you are going to start from seeds or the ones that come already in the one gallon or 4 inch containers? How do we prepare the soil? How do we dig the area? How do we select the area that is best for your vegetable garden? Also how do we improve the soil so all the nutrients are going to be there for your vegetables? And definably you can have a healthy and ongoing vegetable garden. It is a little overwhelming, but you know what at the end it is going to be so rewarding. Once you have all the harvest you can enjoy your produce, you be giving it away because you just have a abundance of produce and this is how we create a vegetable garden. "