How To Grow Kitchen Garden Plants

Growing three or four or even half a dozen herbs in the window is a good start on your kitchen garden.

How to grow kitchen garden plants. Leigh Clapp Raised beds filled with a loamy soil from a local garden centre are ideal for growing small plots of vegetable. Onion companion planting a guide. Ensure sufficient sunlight and proper drainage.

Grow a kitchen garden in raised beds. If planting in the ground a 10 x 10 garden 100 square feet is a managable size. Youll be able to harvest the greens a bit at a time after that from your plant.

Once the bulbs are growing well keep the rows free of weeds. SQUASH comes in many varieties some summer some winter so when looking at planning a kitchen garden they are a good choice for a succession. How to grow leeks and green onions or scallions from scraps As long as the roots are still on the veggies you can regrow them.

Sow seed bell pepper tomato beans Make cuttings ZZ begonia dracaena Sprout scraps spring onions celery Make soil coffee grounds cardboard Containers egg cartons bottles cans. Plant these about 15cm 6in apart with the pointed tip just showing above the surface of the soil. Before watering assess the moisture level by sticking your finger a good inch or two deep in the soil particularly in containers.

If you have a lot of kitchen window space then you can add other plants such as cherry tomatoes sprout growers and more. Start small and only grow what you know you and your family will eat. ONIONS are easy to grow.

Label the pots so you dont pick the wrong herbs when in a rush. Plant the small onion sets 10cm 4in apart in rows 23cm 9in apart with the tips just showing. Aim for moderately damp to semi-dry soil.