The Easiest Garden to Prepare and Plant

So you have always wanted to have a garden but maybe, just maybe your circumstances haven't seemed to allow it. Maybe you used to have a garden years ago, when you were younger, when you lived in the country, but alas now, sigh; you can't even imagine how you can. Maybe you live in the city with only a small 2 x 2 patch of yard space. Maybe you live somewhere where there seems to be only weeds, weeds and more weeds propagating in your backyard, of which only a few feet, more or less are available for you to plant in. Maybe you can't stand having to pull all the weeds up, have no access to a tiller, etc, etc, etc.

Well fret no more my fellow friends. There is a form/type of gardening that is one of the easiest I have heard of and when I first tried it, it blew my mind; unbelievable! Now, no, you may or may not grow record breaking vegetables and fruits but what you will be able to do is have your garden and reap its rewards in vegetables a-plenty!

How do I propose you do that? Follow some simple steps, as unbelievable as they may seem and watch your own little miracle garden for yourself. This type of gardening is especially therapeutic for those who may not be able to get down on their knees and do all of the weed pulling necessary in a 'normal' garden type set up, or who have problems with their back or just don't have the willpower or even energy to do what is necessary to get a 'normal' garden up, going and the continuing process after that (such as pulling weeds, etc.)

Your first step is to find your spot you want to put your garden. Like I mentioned you don't need a large area or you can have a bigger area if you so choose to have one. Once you have picked your area out place some old newspapers or cardboard covering the area you are going to be planting in. Wet the newspaper down so it will stay put plus, the newspaper is going to stop or help stop any weeds from ever coming up in your new garden area as well as once it has been sitting there for a growing season, will end up 'mulching' your garden area from the ground floor area.

Second, get some peat moss, coco coir or a potting soil mix that contains vermiculite, something 'loamy' and preferably organic, but that is not necessary. It can be a homemade version that you mix yourself or something you buy from a local store to put down as your bottom one to two inches. You are going to have a total height of eight to ten inches total to grow in when you are finally done.

Next get you some type of compost or manure and cover the area up to yet another inch or two. Following the compost or manure, place some grass cuttings or other mulch type substances and start over with your potting soil mixture doing it once more for each substance you have used. You can use your imagination as well as what you have available in the area you live in for your layers. These layers will give you a very deep and rich garden area in which to grow in; very organic.

Once you have gotten your layers up, if you like to you can surround your layers (or before if you choose, from when you first begin) with some 2 x 12's or some garden stones to the height of your new garden area, but it is not necessary; mostly only for decoration.

Finally, place your plants or seeds in your garden area and watch the fruits of your labor. The rich organic material you are using will help feed your plants with many of the nutrients your plants will need but once or twice during your growing season, you can place some mulch or compost around your plants or covering your whole garden area, after your plants have gotten some substantial size to them and have gotten a good strong root system. Stake your plants if you feel the need or place your plants in a design where they can 'use' each other for their own staking; such as growing corn and pole green beans together. These types of gardens are really good for the bush type of vegetables and even root vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots and radishes can be grown with ease.

I love this type of gardening with its no frills, easy one, two, three growing style and the amounts of vegetables that you can get from your garden may amaze you, in what little bit of an area you grow in. Just try it; I'm sure you will like it. Now go out there and get your garden growing!