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After a long winter, many of us are ready to get out into our yards tackle some small home improvement projects.  One popular project that many American homeowners will be taking on this spring is putting in a vegetable garden.  With many of us looking for ways to trim back our budgets and our waistlines, growing your own produce at home is gaining in popularity.  Not only can you grow an array of healthy, fresh foods at a fraction of the prices you'd pay at a grocery store, but you also have the peace of mind of knowing exactly where your food has come from.  In this article, we'll cover the ten basic steps to take to cultivate a productive vegetable garden in your yard this year. 1. Choose the best location.  For a vegetable garden, you should seek out a spot in your yard that receives at least 6-8 hours of sunlight per day and that has well drained soil. 2. Prepare the ground.  After you've cut away the sod and tilled up the soil, an important step before planting is to amend the soil with some organic matter like peat moss or .. more »

Whether you're planning a garden or you already have a year round vegetable garden, there's a lot of advice that will help you maximize the benefits of your investment. A vegetable garden is supposed to be fun. It's supposed to be rewarding, and it is definitely suppose to provide fresh, organic vegetables. And it certainly can. Embrace as much knowledge as can about it, and you'll reap the benefits of your creation.Benefits of a year round vegetable garden- No more worrying about the possible existence of toxic pesticides used on many store brand vegetables. - Significant savings even over farmer markets' prices - The possibility of growing many more kinds of vegetables than you'd find elsewhere - An amateur vegetable garden is a lot of fun and is quite rewarding in more than one wayValuable tips on perennial vegetable gardensA year round vegetable garden will obviously take more effort for those living in harsher climates (i.e. the frigid North or the generally arid Southwest). However, even those gardeners can grow vegetables in greenhouses. Nonetheless, popular homemade vegetables include: beets, zucchini squash, tomatoes, peas and beans.Is the soil where you're planning to establish .. more »