Extra Vegetable Growing Tips

Here are a few extra vegetable growing tips to help you with your vegetable growing this year.

When first starting out with your vegetable patch, it is sometimes advisable to stick to varieties of vegetables that are tried and tested. Cultivars that are highly resistant to disease and pest damage, and bred for flavour rather than for their storage periods etc are better for small home growers, as home growers tend to eat what they grow as they harvest and store only surplus amounts.

When you have your vegetable patch, make a habit of at least visiting it once every day. You`ll be surprised how quickly things change, and it will help keep a watchful eye on any signs of disease or pest damage and you will be able to stay on top of the maintenance much more easily. Just doing a little each day, tends to be more effective than a long session once a week.

When you start vegetable growing you must realise that your vegetable garden is a long term commitment. Along the way you`ll have ups and downs, successes and failures, but the main thing is to have fun and not take it to hard if things do go wrong. Make a mistake, learn a lesson, try again.

Talk to other vegetable growers locally, when you can, you`ll be surprised how helpful they can be, and how willing they are to tell you what you are doing wrong!

Join forums on the internet, they are great for getting answers to vegetable growing problems and advice.

Winter time is a great time to do research and plan for the season ahead, consult seed catalogues and read up on your next seasons planned planting all from the warmth of your own home.

Kids and gardens don`t always mix, but I am a firm believer that getting kids to grow vegetables will promote healthier eating habits. At the same time it introduces them to the idea of eating a wider range of vegetables more regularly. It also teaches them a life skill and gives them an understanding of where food comes from (rather than a supermarket shelf).

Extend your vegetable patch and include an area for herbs or incorporate them into containers or existing gardens.

To get the most out of your vegetables and herbs, it may be worth brushing up on your cooking techniques, and try a few recipes.

If you have surplus stocks of a vegetable, consider the options. For instance a surplus of rhubarb could be used to make wine! If you have no choice but to dispose of excess, then consider giving it away, or selling it cheaply, or swap with other growers for something they have in excess that you could use. Failing that compost it.

I hope these extra vegetable growing tips are helpful.

 Hey all, just wondered how you are all getting on with your vegetable gardens this year?

What has done well and what has failed?

Why don`t you leave a comment below telling us just how you got on.

I have to admit this year I haven`t really grown much… although I have some tomatoes, carrots, and pumpkins on the way, a severe lack of time and energy something had to give and unfortunately it was the veg plot, but I am interested to see how everyone else faired.

Most people have had mixed fortunes this year due to the varied weather we have had.

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