Vegetable Growing Guide

vegetable growing guide

Good Evening Smalldancer,

I would never let a fellow west coast neighbor down (smile). I saw your question a few days ago. I had to put up a fence in the back that the wind blow down last week. I will assume you have never had a garden before. I think you should start off small. A good garden is work with great rewards.

First prepare your soil. Good soil makes healthy and insect free plants. Dig and turn over soil about three inches deep. Add a good mulch from Home Depot @ appro. $6 a bag. Also add a small amount of chicken manure @ appro. $6 bag. Chicken manure is the best. This will get you started for now. Put your garden in full sunlight.

Start yourself a good compost pile today. I like a home make compost container. Add grass cuttings, dead plants, egg shells, and leaves as you go. Also mix in chicken manure about every two inches (2 or 3 cups) high. Keep the pile moist. This compost or mulch should be almost ready for next spring. This way you save money in the long run.

Do not listen to some of these web sites. They really do not know how cold an area can get. Sometimes I can grow vegetables all year. Some years my plants get hit with a cold spell in December. When the cold spell hits, many of your plants will get insects.

I usually plant (right now) onions, broccoli, garlic and brussell sprouts. Get your seeds in now. In fact, I put my seeds in three week ago. Everything is already up. Use the small onion bulbs.

Remember to keep your compost pile going. You will have a great garden in the spring. You will be able to plant anything. A garden is work. If you water and use your home made (already mixed with chicken manure) compost, you will have a great garden. Plant your seeds every two weeks. That away you are not hit with a flood of vegetable all at one time.

Make sure you plant yellow tomatoes. They grow good on the west coast. Learn to can.

I have been gardening for sixty (60) years. I do not use any pesticides or chemicals. This year we canned over fifty (50) quart jars of red and yellow tomatoes, pickled green cherry tomatoes, carrots, peaches, plum jam, and green beans. I have nine (9) rare fruit trees. Each Christmas we give our relatives and friends a big basket of fruits and canned vegetables. They love it.

I hope you will be able to do the same with your friends and relatives by next Christmas. Good luck and have a great day, from Los Angeles.

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