{"id":2862,"date":"2012-03-11T16:50:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T16:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2012-03-11T16:50:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T16:50:36","slug":"planting-solutions-for-your-organic-vegetable-gardening-next-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/planting-solutions-for-your-organic-vegetable-gardening-next-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Solutions For Your Organic Vegetable Gardening Next Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you have decided to start organic gardening in your garden in the Spring! You have all winter to prepare your garden. Now is a great time to start. A trip to the library to borrow books on organic gardening is a good initial step. After you have examined these, you might have a large amount of ideas: which vegetables to plant, how much sun they require, when is the best time to plant each one, the simplest way to prepare the soil, and much more. Another resource to tap is your local agrarian cooperative extension. They can supply pamphlets on organic vegetable gardening<\/a>, and will even answer your questions over the phone.<\/p>\n

Yes! There is a lot to it. It’s easy to get into the finer points such as companion planting, raised beds, composting to provide your own fertilizer, and more. A gardening hobby is rewarding, but is also lots of work.<\/p>\n

It is a brilliant idea to draw up a design for the garden you want to plant. Lay out a pattern of rows on paper and write what you may plant in each one. Ask your family which veg they like the most. If they like corn on the cob, plant plenty of it. If they loathe beets, skip them. In later winter you’ll see seed packets appearing in stores. You will find all you need there, unless you would like to grow inheritance veggies, in which case you may probably have to order the seeds from a catalog.<\/p>\n

Your first real planting can be done inside in the early spring. Take some empty plastic egg cartons and fill them with fine soil. Plant seeds for early veg such as spinach and peas. The sprouts will grow in a sunny window, and be ready to plant outdoors as quickly as the ground warms.<\/p>\n

Then you’ll be ready to begin your organic vegetable gardening. Your planning and difficult work will lead to rewards when you serve those fresh, healthful vegetables at your table!<\/p>\n

The writer is a long-time organic gardener who has found boundless enjoyment in companion planting<\/a> and serving fresh homemade vegetables to her family each summer, and even protecting some for the winter. She has released a few articles on how to garden vegetables<\/a> in mags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So you have decided to start organic gardening in your garden in the Spring! You have all winter to prepare your garden. Now is a great time to start. A trip to the library to borrow books on organic gardening is a good initial step. After you have examined these, you might have a large […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2766,2765,1548],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-container-gardening-ideas","tag-companion-planting","tag-how-to-garden-vegetables","tag-organic-vegetable-gardening"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2863,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}