Homemade vegetable garden without headaches: learn to mount your own!

Currently, there is growing concern about the consumption of healthy and fresh food! Therefore, many people go to great lengths to buy this type of product, even if they have to pay high prices. Now, what many people don’t know is that you can have fresh vegetables at home, without having to buy them every week. Just do one House & Garden!

Regardless of the container you choose to grow your vegetables in, ideally they should be in a place with partial shade and never fully exposed to the sun during the hottest hours.

“Also, it is important to check the available growing area and look for vegetables that fit in the space set aside,” adds Giuliano Chinchio, a gardening, agriculture and building tools consultant.

2. What are the best plants for a home garden?

The most common types of vegetables are watercress, cabbage, lettuce, zucchini, chicory, rocket, carrot, tomato and cassava. Furthermore, aromatic plants are a great bet for indoor environments. For example chives, parsley, mint, pepper and basil.

3. Run away from invaders without pesticides

One of the biggest arguments for adopting a home garden is eliminating pesticides. However, a new question arises: how to escape insects, weeds and diseases?

It’s easy: just pay attention to the needs of your vegetables rather than banishing every invader from your garden. Therefore, insects should be controlled, naturally or artificially, only when they cause damage to plants, such as spiders and scorpions. Unwanted plants steal nutrients and shade, damaging your vegetables. Therefore, they have to be torn out manually.

4. Thehomemade dub

To ensure the prosperity of your garden, invest in homemade fertilizers! To do this, dig a hole in the ground and throw away the leftover leaves, fruit peels and eggs! Then cover with soil and water twice a week.

Finally, to check if the fertilizer is ready to be used, insert a thin metal plate on the bottom of the container and leave it to act for about 10 minutes. If, by removing the plate, the metal is cold, the fertilizer can be used in the garden.

Now, press play and check out other valuable tips for making your garden a home!

Consulting: Giuliano Chinchio, gardening, agriculture and construction tools consultant; Adejar Marinho, agricultural technician.

Also, growing a vegetable garden at home is a good option for anyone who wants to get rid of pesticides! More than a budget saving, the activity can be therapeutic and also a moment of family integration. “Children can help and thus acquire, from an early age, the healthy habit of eating vegetables. It is a question of quality of life combined with the satisfaction of seeing a seed germinate until it reaches the point of being consumed by the whole family”, exemplifies the agricultural technician Adejar Marinho.

Little space is no excuse

It doesn’t matter if the yard is small or if you live in an apartment! Since vegetables can be grown anywhere, whether in verandas, courtyard or corridor — provided it receives sun for at least 5 hours, which is the minimum necessary for the growth of the seedlings.

Another tip is the place is a must have too protection against strong winds and cold. In this way, cultivation can be carried out, for example, in pet bottles, buckets or pots. However, it is always important to remember that the container must have holes in the bottom and a depth greater than 10 centimeters so that the roots of the plants can grow without difficulty.

Check out some tips for starting your own home garden!

1. House or apartment

Regardless of the container you choose to grow your vegetables in, ideally they should be in a place with partial shade and never fully exposed to the sun during the hottest hours.

“Also, it is important to check the available growing area and look for vegetables that fit in the space set aside,” adds Giuliano Chinchio, a gardening, agriculture and building tools consultant.

2. What are the best plants for a home garden?

The most common types of vegetables are watercress, cabbage, lettuce, zucchini, chicory, rocket, carrot, tomato and cassava. Furthermore, aromatic plants are a great bet for indoor environments. For example chives, parsley, mint, pepper and basil.

3. Run away from invaders without pesticides

One of the biggest arguments for adopting a home garden is eliminating pesticides. However, a new question arises: how to escape insects, weeds and diseases?

It’s easy: just pay attention to the needs of your vegetables rather than banishing every invader from your garden. Therefore, insects should be controlled, naturally or artificially, only when they cause damage to plants, such as spiders and scorpions. Unwanted plants steal nutrients and shade, damaging your vegetables. Therefore, they have to be torn out manually.

4. Thehomemade dub

To ensure the prosperity of your garden, invest in homemade fertilizers! To do this, dig a hole in the ground and throw away the leftover leaves, fruit peels and eggs! Then cover with soil and water twice a week.

Finally, to check if the fertilizer is ready to be used, insert a thin metal plate on the bottom of the container and leave it to act for about 10 minutes. If, by removing the plate, the metal is cold, the fertilizer can be used in the garden.

Now, press play and check out other valuable tips for making your garden a home!

Consulting: Giuliano Chinchio, gardening, agriculture and construction tools consultant; Adejar Marinho, agricultural technician.

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Ben Stock is a lifestyle journalist and author at Gossipify. He writes about topics such as health, wellness, travel, food and home decor. He provides practical advice and inspiration to improve well-being, keeps readers up to date with latest lifestyle news and trends, known for his engaging writing style, in-depth analysis and unique perspectives.