All the time spent at home during the pandemic led to the adoption of various hobbies such as gardening. It isn’t too late to start a garden of your own. Let’s take a look at what you can easily grow at home to give the family fresh vegetables all year round.
1. Lettuce
Lettuce is one of the tastiest and easiest vegetables to grow in your garden. It’s one of those veggies with cheap seeds that are always available.
Lettuce comes in various types, including Romaine and Iceberg. So, when you need lettuce, you can have options in your garden and choose as the need arises.
Plant the seeds where you choose. It can be in pots or your garden, wherever the soil is damp. Within 80 days, you can have a bountiful harvest.
2. Spinach
Spinach grows in full sun or semi-shade. You can sow the seeds in cluster one place and then transplant them, or you can plant them in their space from the beginning.
Spinach is generally a spring or fall crop but can grow in winter. Grow your spinach in drained soil that is evenly moist, and you will not need to fertilize.
3. Green Beans
This is one of the easiest beans to grow when you decide which variety you need. You can plant them in their final position or a container. Planting them in their final position makes them easier to cultivate.
You will need to build a trellis or provide bean poles for them to grow and spread. Harvesting will be easier if you train them to grow with structure. Harvest your green beans within 70 days.
4. Tomatoes
Tomato is a popular summer fruit and tastes best when homegrown. You sow tomatoes undercover before transplanting them outside. Do this after the last frost date has passed.
You can buy young seedlings from nurseries if you don’t want to grow yours from scratch. Tomatoes can grow yellow, red, or unusual purple.
The rules are the same, whatever the variety. Plant in full sunlight and mulch with homemade compost and water regularly. Within 100 days, you should be reaping.
5. Bell Peppers
Bell peppers come in a -variety -of flavors, and you can buy succors at the nurseries. Radishes are root plants that should be planted directly in the soil. You can also plant them in containers.
They love sunlight but can also grow in semi-shade. Dig the soil, and put it in some homemade compost. They will grow to fullness in clumpy or stony soil.
6. Beetroot
You can buy seedlings or plant the seeds from scratch. If you plan to sow your own seeds, do this undercover four to six weeks before transplanting when the soil has warmed up.
For the best results, plant bell peppers in sunlight. They also prefer well-drained soil, dug over with homemade compost. Plant the succors 6-inches apart and fertilize once per month.
7. Radishes
Raddish is also a root crop. They are very reliable and ideal for first-time gardeners. Sow beetroot seeds after the frost have passed and continue to sow every few weeks, and you will have beetroot from May right up till September. Most varieties will be ready within 80 days, so pull up one to test its readiness.
8. Carrots
Carrots are another root veggie that is easy to grow. Ensure that the soil is loosed before sowing. Working in homemade compost allows the carrots to grow pleasingly and healthy.
Choose a short variety of carrots if you are growing in clumpy, rocky soil. Keep the soil watered and fertilized once per month with homemade fertilizer until harvest time. If it’s about the size of your finger, it’s ready to be eaten.
9. Potatoes
You can plant potatoes in specially bought potato bags, in containers, or the soil direct. Potatoes grow easier in bags or bins. Half the bag with soil, then put in the seedlings.
When the leaves start to appear, keep applying compost. Keep repeating this regularly until the bag is full of foliage. After 10 to 20 weeks, the foliage will turn yellow, and then you can stop watering. When the foliage dies down, rummage in the bag for your potatoes.
10. Chives
Chives are one of the easiest veggies to grow, and you can even re-pot grocery store chives for recycling. Chop off the end of the plant so you can use some and plant the other part in a container or the earth, and it will continue to grow.
Chives love sunlight and regular watering, but not too wet. The plant will lose some strength over time. Break up the root system to produce new plants.
11. Basil
This herb loves warm weather and needs about five hours of sunlight daily. It also loves water, but it must be able to drain off. Basil needs regular pruning, so use up your leaves so fresh ones can grow. Plant basil with onions, peppers, and root veggies for root support and richness for all the plants.
12. Garlic
Garlic can help get rid of bugs and pests in your garden. Plant the garlic near to the other plants as an effective pest control. You can plant garlic from the seed or clove but need exposure to the sun and well-drained soil. It is recommended that you plant garlic in the autumn season for the best results.
13. Zucchini
Plant zucchini in warm soil with good drainage and plenty of sunlight. If grown in the appropriate conditions, this veggie can produce an abundance of food.
It can grow to its full size and grow to create its own shade. Prune regularly and ensure you harvest continuously for a veggie of high quality.
14. Peas
Peas come in the same category as beans. You grow them on a vine or bush-style. You can grow sugar snaps or Snow peas, as these are easy to grow.
Avoid planting them in direct sunlight for the best results. If you are taking the pot route, it will be easier to manage, but the vine variety needs attention. Prepare a trellis or something they can run on.
15. Cilantro
This herb needs full or partial sun and well-drained soil that the much-needed water it craves can drain off easily. To have a fluffy plant, wait until it begins to bloom.
You will see new buds coming up. Cut just below the buds, and the plant will create more buds from the stem and gives you a bushier plant.
