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Planting vegetable gardens can be a very rewarding endeavor, not to mention that it’s good for your body because of all the exercise you will get, and the vegetables that you’ll get to eat. These days, it’s really ideal if you can plant your own vegetables to make sure that they’re pesticide free, but a lot of people feel intimidated by the idea of planting vegetable gardens especially in a city.

Vegetable gardens are typically easier to maintain than flower gardens because vegetables are more resilient, especially in different types of weathers. Flowers are typically more delicate to changes in the weather, and don’t adapt as easily. Planting vegetable gardens usually demand a lot of space, although some vegetables can also survive in plant boxes. It really depends on what kind of vegetables you will plant, and what you expect out of your vegetable garden.

Before you start your vegetable garden you will have to decide what type of garden you want. There are a few different styles of garden. The most traditional of gardens is set up in rows. You plant all your seeds or plants in rows evenly spaced. This requires a lot of space, and you will have a lot of weeding to do to keep your garden looking good and producing well. This is the first type of garden I went with. We only did it for a year or two.

After we tried the traditional planting style and didn’t have a lot of luck with it we went looking for some other options. We soon found raised bed gardening. You create a bed that is raised above ground, ours are 12 inches tall. You keep the bed 3 or 4 feet across so you can easily reach the middle from either side. Doing this allows great drainage, I don’t have to mess with the Bermuda grass, and the weeding is minimal.

If you love having flowers, but don’t want an entire flower bed you can easily add some flowers to your vegetable bed. In fact, some flowers are edible and it’s nice to add them. Some flowers also help repel insects so that is a great natural way to keep the bugs out of your vegetables.

Even if you don’t have room for raised beds, or traditional gardening never fear. Even those the most crunched for space can grow a vegetable garden. Most types of vegetables now have at least one dwarf version that can be grown in a pot in front of a window or on a patio. There are even upside down planters you can grow many things in as well. All they require is a good sturdy hook, sun and water.

It doesn’t really matter how much space you have available. If you’ve got the vegetable garden bug you can make it happen. If you have minimal space you may have to choose one or two veggies to grow, so make sure they’re your favorites. If you have lots of room, you can grow more, but remember as a beginner to keep the garden small. It may end up being more work than you realized when you were dreaming your garden into existence.