Easy Vegetable Garden

Easy Vegetable Garden

Everyone’s interested in saving time and money. Now, you might not think that this applies to growing vegetables in your own backyard, but it can. Soaker hoses, weed barriers and mulch work together to make caring for your garden a snap.

Once you get the soil prepared put a soaker hose in place. Just snake the hoses about eighteen to twenty inches apart through the bed. These hoses actually sweat water and will keep the soil moist and keep the foliage of your plants dry.

Next, put down weed barrier. It’s a nylon based product and it’s great because it allows the moisture and air in, but keeps the weeds out. Unroll it across the your beds making sure there’s plenty of overlap so there’s no chance of a gap occurring over the season. When you set out your plants, just cut the fabric with a sharp knife. And for seeds, I just make a long slit and plant the seeds along the cut.

Finally mulch with straw. Straw is virtually weed free and it will keep the roots cool and the weed barrier in place.

The great thing about this approach to a vegetable garden is that it’s always in place. But, I think it’s a good idea to alternate where you plant your vegetables from year to year, to stay one step ahead of the pests.