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How to Start a Backyard Vegetable Garden: A helpful blog to know how to start a backyard vegetable garden.

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If you’ve grown and eaten your produce, you know the experience of a proper garden-fresh meal. The flavors are incomparable to anything you can find at a supermarket, and the texture is just delicious. There’s no mistaking that freshness. Gardening can be tedious and challenging, but it can also be gratifying.

Is your backyard “Gardening ready?” Let’s find out!

A fertile location is necessary for a fruitful garden. We can easily analyze and decide whether your backyard is a suitable spot. Here are four tips to consider when doing so:

Sunny spot: 

Most vegetables need 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight per day. A few vegetables (mostly the leafy ones) will tolerate some shade. Place your growing plants in spots that receive at least 6 hours of direct sunshine each day. Please consider any shade from other plants or trees that the sun will eventually make its way through throughout the day.

Properly drained

Poorly drained soils often lead to waterlogged soil, leading to rotten roots (literally) and weaker plants. Digging out rocks (which also have excellent drainage properties) creates space for less crowded growth means.

Nutrition: 

The food you eat depends upon the soil it’s grown in. If your soil lacks organic matter and nutrition, your plants will struggle to stay healthy. Your soil feeds your plants. If you have thin, nutrient-poor soil, your plants will be unhealthy, and you won’t see great results. Add plenty of organic matter to help ensure your plants grow to their full potential! ​ ​That’s why the most trusted brand in gardening, Shrushti Agro, is here to save the day! ​Shrushti Agro has been around for 16 years and is ever-growing due to its authenticity among loyal customers. We believe in providing only the highest-quality plants and garden tools, soil enhancers, and everything you could need for a beautifully landscaped oasis!

Now that we are sure you have a great backyard to start with, let us help you decide what to plant there! Here are quick tips that will help you choose the suitable vegetables for your backyard (and our family!)

Choice: When it comes to growing vegetables, choose what you (and your family) like to eat. If no one likes brussels sprouts, don’t bother planting them! But if your kids love green beans, grow plenty of them so that there’s enough for everyone to munch on!

Seeds

Use high-quality seeds. It can be complicated to figure out which varieties are the best for your plot and genuinely worth the money if you’re just getting started. Play safe and give the premium varieties a try. Don’t let a low price tag deter you from trying something new!

Practical Consideration: 

Think about what types of fresh produce you like, and consider whether they are available fresh in your shopping center. For example, suppose you’re craving tomatillos instead of apples or cauliflower. In that case, there may not be a local market to buy them at, but perhaps there is an organic farm willing to sell directly to you. Also, certain foods might seem inconvenient to find in a farmers’ market. But when purchased directly from the farmer, they are far less expensive than counterparts in supermarkets (like parsley, for example).

Now that you have learned so much about starting a journey into backyard gardening, what are you waiting for? There is nothing quite like watching food grow right under your eyes and the feeling of fresh produce at your disposal. Backyard gardening can be a fun activity and a great way to bond with the family. 

Shrushti Agro can help you acquire and get started on everything you need for this fabulous adventure- from the best seeds and tools to saplings and manure. Let’s get going!