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In this video, I'm going to show you six easy-to-grow vegetables at home. These are great for beginners. we're going to start off with peas, peas are easy to grow and have very few pests, they're one of my favorite Fresh Garden snacks they rarely make it inside eaten fresh or cooked, they're not the same as the peas I grew up on that Frozen or Cammed if those two ways are the only ways you've eaten peas you're in for a real treat by growing your own.
The best way to start peas is to sew the seed in the full sun directly in the ground about 1 to 2 in apart they're cold tolerant and can be sewn Outdoors 6 weeks before your last frost date, if you have milder Winters you can sew peas in the fall and grow them right through spring. Peas need to be trained on some sort of structure as they are a Vining crop bamboo tree peas and cattle panels have always been the the best way for me to Trellis them you can Harvest snap peas as soon as you see peas starting to develop in the Pod since these peas are grown mainly for eating the whole pod for shelling peas.
Do you want to wait until pods swell and look nice? full potatoes are one of
the most fun things you can grow in the garden mostly because you never know what you're going to dig up at the end of the season, it's like buried treasure the flavor of a homegrown potato fresh out of the earth is something you just have to try chitting your potatoes before planting gives them a head start in colder winter climates it also let you know before burying them in the soil which potatoes are viable and which ones aren't to chip potatoes four to 6 weeks before your last frost date set the seed potatoes in an egg carton in a bright warm place once they have broken their Dorcy and Sprouts are about half an inch tall they're ready to be planted chitting or not you can plant your potatoes 2 weeks before your last frost a unlike the traditional method of burying potatoes deep in the soil there's a much easier way to place the potatoes on top of the soil about a foot apart cover your potatoes with a thick layer of straw keep them well watered keep adding a straw if the potatoes start to show through when potato flowers fade and the plants start to turn yellow it's time to remove the straw and see what kind of harvest you've got when first harvested the Skins are very thin and fragile you can rinse them but don't scrub the soil off they need to be stored in a cool dark place for 7 to 10 days to really cure that.
Skin lettuce is a great starter plant especially leaf lettuce if you've never gardened before lettuce is a great place to start it germinates quickly and grows quickly and you can start harvesting less than a month there are two main types of lettuce that you can grow leaf lettuce and head lettuce head lettuce takes more time and space to harvest and leaf lettuce is quick-growing and can be tucked in just about anywhere they like a moist rich soil but will grow in most spaces and can even handle partial shade lettuce is a cool season crop and germinates very easily as long temperatures remain under 80° F 27 seeds are very small and it's easy to sew them too thickly they do need to be thinned about 4 to 6 in apart for leaf lettuce and about 12 in apart for most head lettuce you can eat the thinnings if you hate to pull up hundreds of tiny baby plants but there's also a trick I can share take an Old Spice shaker bottle put a couple of tablespoons sand into it along with the seeds from one seed packet Shake It Up when you sprinkle the contents out it will naturally space the seeds Out Among the sand most lettuces are surface sewn but some need a thin covering of soil to keep them evenly moist as the plants grow a liquid organic feeding helps to make more robust leaves and can be applied every two weeks in the case of head lettuce you make sure that the head is on the right size before harvesting it should feel firm and completely filled out before cutting it from the stock you you can treat leaf lettuce as a cut and come again crop meaning you can remove the outer leaves frequently for salads and New Growth will continue to grow in the center of the plant.
Onions have been cultivated for over 5,000 years it's pretty easy to see why I can't think of don't involve onions I'm not sure why but growing my own onions and cooking with them is so satisfying maybe because they're so flavorful and add so much to so many dishes of different varieties need a certain amount of sunlight per day for a specific number of days in the United States it's broken down like this if you're in the northern part of the United States you're going to grow long day onions in the central part of country you're going to grow intermediate day onions and in the South we grow short day onions if you don't grow the right type of onion for the latitude you live in you'll get only green onions or leaves but not the bulb in southern mild winter climates, we can sew short day onion seeds in mid November or if we miss that window we get another chance in February to sew intermediate day onions if you're colder winter climates you can start seeds indoors 8 to 10 weeks before your Last Frost you can sew a whole packet of seeds very thickly it will crumb up like freshly sewn grass for the next 4 weeks let them grow 4 weeks before your last frost AE you can separate the seedlings and plant them out in the garden about 6 in apart onions are fairly easy to grow make sure they get plenty of sunshine and moist moisture and you're sure to get nice large bulbs to ensure this you feed them every 2 weeks with a balanced liquid organic fertilizer you'll know it's about time to harvest when the stems start to bend over at the neck just above the bulb when about half of them have flopped over go ahead and very gently bend the rest of them over at the same spot this signals the plant that it's time to prepare for dormy when it's time for the actual Harvest you want to dig up your onion bulbs From Below and not just pull them out by the stem brush any remaining soil off of the bulbs and roots and lay them in the Sun for 3 days in a single layer after that they will go inside or in the shade in a single layer for another 3 to 4 weeks until the leaves are crispy and brittle then store them in a cool dry place.
I don't know about you but I can't get enough garlic in recipes that call for garlic I add it At least double what it calls for growing garlic is fun and much easier than you might think you can also get quite a large Harvest out of a very small space garlic is planted in the fall and you want to get it in the ground before your ground freezes 6 weeks before is ideal in climates where the ground never freezes you can plant garlic through November and even December since they're bulbs they like phosphorus so put some organic phosphorus like a bone meal in the bottom of the planting holes you want to choose these strongest biggest clothes those will produce bigger plants and in the end bigger garlic bulbs. garlic likes a full sun location and Rich well- well-draining soil plants each Clove Pointy ended up about 4 in deep and 6 in apart garlic is almost a plant and forget it crops need to be fed every so often but that's about it as long as the soil stays moist and was well amended before planting they get by pretty well on their own it takes about 8 to 9 months to get a harvest and you'll know when it's about time when the bottom leaves turn brown and start to dry up when this happens dig down a little next to a couple of plants and check the bulb size if they look like they're the full size you can pull them up you can eat garlic fresh but if you grew a lot you want to prepare it to be stored so that it lasts as long possible dust the dirt off the bulbs leave the stock and Roots intact lay them out in a single layer to dry or tie 8 to 10 together and hang the bulbs side down to dry they need to dry in a fairly dark and cool environment for 3 to four weeks until the roots and stocks are dry and crispy at this point you cut off the roots and the stock and continue to store them in a cool dark location picking carrots in my My grandparents' Garden is probably my the earliest memory of gardening all root vegetables are fun for adults and kids to harvest because you never know what you're going to get in mild winter.
Climates carrot seed can be sewn fall in cold winter climates you can sew carrot seed Outdoors 3 to 5 weeks before your last Frosty carrots don't like to be transplanted so you will need to sew the seeds directly into the Garden in whole Sun they' like a moist lightweight root run without a lot of nitrogen adding manure or other high-nitrogen source to the soil will cause your carrots to twist or Fork carrots are notoriously difficult to germinate they take a while anyways and they don't really want to be covered with any soil the problem that presents itself is the seeds have to stay moist at all times one trick I use is to sew the seed and cover it up with vermiculite or shavings let the light through but keep the moisture in and continue to keep them moist and they will grow quickly you want to make sure you thin your carrot seedlings so there's at At least an inch or two between each cut off all the rest at ground level the the only way to truly know if a carrot is ready to harvest is to brush the soil away from the base of the plant to expose the top of the carrot root if it looks to be the diameter it should be it's time to pull.
I didn't include tomatoes in this list even though they're pretty easy because it does take just a little bit of knowledge to grow them really successfully.
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