Planting and Cultivating a Garden Starting a raised garden bed can be a great way to help yourself eat healthier foods. You will not find a garden that sprouts cheeseburgers and French fries and if you are eating from your garden on a consistent basis you are going to be able to incorporate more fruits and vegetables. While you are eating fruits and vegetables, you should be sure that you are aware of how you are going to prepare them. Harvesting fruits and vegetables out of your raised garden beds may take time, but you want to make sure that you are wise about harvesting and preparing properly. While you are harvesting, you should make sure that you are harvesting the plants after they have reached their full maturity. Do all that you can to plant your garden at a time when you know that the plants will reach full maturity before the first frost is scheduled to occur.
Planting is Planning As you are planting in your raised garden beds, you have to understand how you are going to plant food that you will actually eat. There are a lot of people that struggle enjoying fruits and vegetables that they are not used to eating on a consistent basis. Start by planting things that you are familiar with. You may want to plant an avocado tree, some tomatoes, some onions and cilantro so that you can make guacamole from the vegetables that you are able to harvest from your own garden. When you find things that you love to eat, see if you can make them from items that are grown in a garden. You may be frustrated to find that some fruits and vegetables just do not do well in your part of the country and you will have to find something else that you need to plant.
What Works Is All Around Take the time that you need to look for things that are going to thrive in your environment. As you are looking for things that will grow well in your garden, join a garden forum that local gardeners are contributing to on a consistent basis.
This way, you can learn from the mistakes that other gardeners have made and you can be sure that you are as wise as possible with your garden. Do not be afraid to ask about mistakes that others have made and how to avoid mistakes that cost gardeners a lot of time and money. While you are working on starting your own raised garden bed, you are going to want to be sure that you are consistent with the time that you dedicate to your garden. You should be providing your garden with consistent weeding, watering and nurturing. This way, you can be sure that all of the time that you spent building and planting does not go to waste. Do all that you can to cultivate your garden and you may find that your garden will continue to grow as the years go on and you find more fruits and vegetables that you want to plant. Photo Credit: Barron