Easy Grow Vegetable Garden

easy grow vegetable garden
How to grow your own vegetable garden

No Fuss Easy Grow Vegetables

If you want to begin producing your own food at home, why not start with these three ‘easy grow’ vegetables?

• Cress
• Garlic chives
• Rocket

Cress

Cress can be a tasty addition to your salads or sandwiches that’s not always readily available in the supermarket. But if you grow cress at home you can have a year-round supply right at your fingertips. Kids will also love growing this zesty vegetable. It can be ready to eat in just seven days, a vegetable definitely designed for short attention spans!

How to grow

To grow cress in trays indoors at any time of year, sow the seeds on a thin layer of soil or compost.  No need to plant them in neat rows, just push a thick layer of seeds into the soil. Next, move the tray to a warm dark place and leave it for a few days. When the shoots appear, move the tray back into the light to allow the new leaves to turn green. When that happens the cress is ready to eat.

Garlic Chives

Garlic chives are another easy grow addition to your home produce. This plant is especially suited to a variety of Asian dishes and is considered a milder alternative to regular garlic. Use them fresh for seasoning or add the leaves to salads, soups and sauces.

How to grow

Garlic chives grow best in loose, well-drained soil where there is good organic matter such as compost. Plant seeds in furrows 1cm deep, cover with a thin layer of seed raising mix, moisten with a fine spray of water and watch them return year after year.

Rocket

Another hot and peppery vegetable that will add zing to your summer table, rocket is most often used as salad leaves, but it’s also great in cooking. Try it on pasta or pizzas, use it as a garnish on cooked meat, or add it to sauces.

 How to grow

Rocket likes the sun, so plant seeds in spring away from the shade.  Rocket also likes well-drained sandy soil, dressed with organic matter such as compost. It’s also a great plant to grow in containers. The fresh plants go to seed quickly, so for a continuous supply you would need to harvest and replant every three weeks.

When the leaves have grown to five centimetres you can start picking. The plant will continue to grow if you pick from the center and allow the lower leaves continue to grow. With luck you could get up to four harvests.  When flowers appear seeds will follow. Collect them and save for your next crop.

About the Author

Janet Hall likes to promote organic gardening as a way of life. She believes that anyone can grow a good supply of food even with limited space. Visit her site to get started building your own organic garden, or take the free mini-course at Organic Garden Guide to learn more and discover many great resources.

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