{"id":11419,"date":"2021-03-26T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?p=11419"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T11:48:08","slug":"3-essentials-need-know-help-grow-your-own-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/3-essentials-need-know-help-grow-your-own-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Essentials To Help You Grow Your Own Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"

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3 Essentials to Help You Get Started in the Vegetable Garden<\/h2>\n

Have you been planning to grow your own vegetables but haven’t started yet? Perhaps you’ve begun growing your own but aren’t sure if you’re doing the right thing? With all the good intentions in the world, sometimes it’s difficult\u00a0to take the first steps or spend the time to learn more. Perhaps you’ve just been too busy to start a new project, or you simply don’t know where to begin. If that sounds familiar, here are the three most useful things I learnt when we began working in the vegetable garden that may help you to grow your own successfully.<\/p>\n

1. Start Small<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Our original vegetable garden eventually became too high maintenance<\/p><\/div>\n

Even if you’d like to grow lots of veggies, don’t attempt to be fully self-sufficient in the first year. Plan big but start small, only clearing enough space or building enough beds to get you started.<\/p>\n

If you clear too much land at once you may find it daunting to keep up as the weeds begin to grow. One of the busiest times of the year isn’t springtime as you might expect with all the sowing and planting, but later during the summer and autumn as you start to harvest and then have to find time to pick, preserve, pickle or freeze your produce. Starting small will allow you to see how much time you have to grow your own food and whether it’s something you’d like to do more.<\/p>\n

We began with two beds, increasing ever year until we had 17, but that eventually got too much for us and we’ve had to resort to a smaller growing space again with raised beds for easy maintenance. Don’t be afraid to admit defeat if you’ve overstretched yourself. Learn from it.<\/p>\n

2. It’s all about the soil<\/strong><\/h3>\n