5 tips
for kitchen gardeners!
1. Plant what you like
The great thing about a kitchen garden is that you can grow your favorite vegetables
and herbs. If you love Mexican food, then plant cilantro and tomatillos! Have
a thing for Italian cuisine? Then fill your garden with tomatoes, eggplants
and oregano.
2. Plant a weed-free
garden
Cut down on your weeding chores by spreading a 2- to 4- inch thick blanket of
mulch around your vegetables and herbs. Both grass clippings or compost work
well. Mulching also helps retain soil moisture.
3. Be
practical
Don t plant a bigger kitchen garden than you ll use (or want to take care of).
You ll enjoy your garden more if you keep it in scale with your life.
4. Harvest continually
As your crops ripen, harvest continually to keep up with the production. In
fact, frequent harvesting increases yield.
5. Use it all
If you don t eat everything you harvest, freeze what you can and give away the
rest. Everyone loves garden fresh produce.
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