Introduction to Vegetable Gardening

Series Summary

One of the hottest trends in gardening and nutrition is organically grown produce. Fruit and vegetables that are grown without the use of chemicals or stimulants are proven to be healthier for your body. In these videos our expert gardener Scott Reil will teach you all the necessary steps to getting you own organic garden up and running. You will learn all about the different types of tools needed for organic gardening, as well as tips for choosing a garden site and designing your organic garden.

One of the key things that make organic gardening unique is that no pesticides are used. Common pests such as slugs and grubs exist within every garden, but where organic gardening differs is in how the pests are dealt with. In this set of videos, you will learn tips for dealing with pests in your organic garden, as well as how to get rid of weeds, how to use compost, how to choose the best vegetables for your garden, like various types of tomatoes, squashes and lettuce.

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Scott Reil and on behalf of expertvillage.com I will like to talk to you about vegetable gardening today. A lot of us has started it into the journey down the garden path with vegetable gardening, growing vegetables out in the garden with our kids, with our moms and dads, with our grandparents maybe and it is one of the rewarding things you can do in the garden. It is the bounty of bring forth from the earth, it's working your hands in the soil, it's actually eating the fruits of your labors they probably vegetable garden one of the rewarding things you could do. It is a big topic there is a lot to it; there is a lot of things to go over in vegetable gardening, there is a lot of places to make mistakes but in all to all mother nature is along for the ride and she is going to help you out, help you find the right things to do. Choosing the vegetables is as simple as a walk down to the supper market aisle. Find the vegetable that you would like to eat and those are a good place to start. Let's get started with our vegetable garden."