Have you been thinking it’s about time to learn to grow your own food?
Would you like to be able to provide for your family through what you grow in your backyard?
Good news!
Everyone can learn to grow their own food.
In
this blog, we’ll provide you with a beginner’s guide to creating a
garden full of fresh produce that’ll keep you stocked for months.
Absolutely not.
If
you’re nervous about growing your own food — about nurturing a garden —
because you’re not known for your “green thumb” then don’t be.
You may have killed every house plant you’ve ever owned.
However, with the right knowledge and time, you can successfully manage a thriving garden.
Just don’t underestimate the time it can take for your garden to thrive.
Don’t plant seeds once a year and expect to come back to food.
You’ll need to plant, thin, weed, harvest, and prune.
You’ll be watering often and pouring your soul into your garden in some cases.
A full backyard garden can require up to 10 hours of work a week.
There are several factors that you need to understand before you can grow your own food.
These include:
Climate
Understanding the climate in your specific geographic area is an essential piece of the puzzle.
Here are some of the elements you’ll need to recognize before planting.
1. Hardiness zone
This
is based on the average annual low temperature in your area and
determines which plants (specifically perennials) will be best suited to
your climate.
The USDA has a map of the country that details the hardiness zones.
It designates areas on a scale of numbers 1 through 13.
Plants
and seed labels will normally include a range of ideal hardiness zones
or say that a plant is “cold hardy” up to a certain zone number.
While
this isn’t necessarily important for annual vegetables that last a
single growing season, it is essential for perennial herbs, fruiting
trees, and flowers.
2. Frost date
Beginner gardeners often set seeds down too early.
They will seed on the first warm day of the year, and these plants are then usually killed by late-season cold snaps.
Seasoned gardeners will plant according to the calendar instead of the weather.
To do this, you just need to find the average date of the last frost in your area.
This is the last day of the year that temperatures plunge below freezing.
You can also use the seed labels to find the best time to set seed in relation to the date of the last frost.
One of the best resources for agricultural information is your county extension site.
These are typically run by either state or research universities.
They provide information on soil quality, frost dates, planting times, and other agricultural topics to the public.
To find yours, simply type “[insert] county extension site] into Google.
Just note that not all extension websites are created equal.
If you have trouble finding what you need online, feel free to give them a call.
Sun
Choose where you place your garden based on how much sun the plot receives.
Your spot should get at least six to eight hours of direct sunlight a day.
If you’re not sure where in your yard this could be, wake up early one day and set an alarm on your phone to go off every hour.
After
each alarm, take a picture of your backyard, balcony, or wherever you
want to grow things over the course of the whole day.
At the end of the day, put those pictures together and create a flipbook of how light is moving across your space.
It’ll give you a sense of how long there’s direct sunlight in any given spot on your land.
Soil
Soil is an essential part of a successful garden.
There are four components of soil that we’ll talk about below, including soil safety, drainage, fertility, and temperature.
1. Soil safety
Before you plant anything, get to know your soil’s safety and history.
Then assess it for specific attributes that will make it suitable for growing.
For more information, you can consult your extension site for information about soil safety.
You can also look on the EPA’s website to see if there are any known environmental pollution issues in your soil.
Remember, soil can retain chemicals and heavy metals that plants absorb.
This will make them potentially hazardous to consume.
Urban areas will often have high levels of heavy metals in their native soils.
As a result, cities often recommend that people grow their food in raised beds with healthy soil from a garden store.
If
you’re still uncertain after doing research, we suggest seeking out
soil testing services approved by your state through your state health
and agricultural departments.
2. Soil drainage
Soil can be safe and low-quality.
The drainage is an important factor in determining the quality of your soil.
You may see issues with this if plants sit in waterlogged soil.
The roots won’t be able to function, and even with fertilizer, it won’t grow well.
We suggest testing your drainage by poking a few holes in the bottom of a coffee can.
Dig a hole in the ground and place the can snugly inside.
Next, fill it with water and let the water drain out completely, then fill it again.
If the water drains quicker than an inch per hour the second time, then the soil drainage is adequate.
If it doesn’t drain, then you’ll want to find another spot in your garden or build raised beds.
Another way to improve the drainage of soil is with mulch, compost, and materials like vermiculite.
If you’re working with potted plants, stick to store-bought potting soil.
This soil is designed to drain quickly.
Don’t use soil from your yard in pots as pots require a high level of drainage that most conventional soils can’t provide.
3. Soil fertility
Plants get their necessary nutrients from the soil, which is why fertile soil is critical.
You’ll know if you have fertile soil by the quantity of weeds in your garden.
When you have weeds in your garden, you can be sure the soil is nutritious.
If you don’t have any weeds, you’ll want to consider using fertilizer.
The preferred organic fertilizer is compost.
Compost works best when laid on top of the ground because the feeder roots of all plants are in the top few inches of soil.
If you want to purchase plant food, make sure you read the label.
You’ll normally see three consecutive numbers in this format: #-#-#.
These numbers refer to the levels of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) in the fertilizer.
All of these are important for plant growth.
The rule of thumb is “up” nitrogen, “down” phosphorus, and “all around” potassium.
Nitrogen encourages the plants to grow “up” with bigger, green foliage.
Phosphorus encourages the bloom and root growth “down.”
Potassium is beneficial for “all around” health.
You can do some additional research on the types of plants you’re growing to make sure you know how they like to be fed.
In general, organic is the way to go.
4. Soil temperature
Depending on the crops you’re growing, soil temperature can really matter.
For example, tomatoes and peppers are heat-loving crops.
To lengthen your growing season, find the warmest spot in your yard.
You can do this by paying attention to where snow melts first — this is a great place to plant your fruit and vegetable garden.
Water
If
you grew up with just a few plants or flower pots outside on the porch,
you may think that a watering can will do the job just fine when it
comes to water.
However, you’ll quickly find that the watering can just isn’t as efficient as you need it to be.
To make watering more efficient, situate your home garden close to a water source (like a spigot or hose).
You may also consider installing a sprinkler system if you’re able.
Depending
on the size of land you’re working with, you may not have room to grow
everything, and you’ll need to pick and choose.
If you’re working with a window box or fire escape rather than an acre of land, that’s okay!
You can still grow your own food.
Here’s what we recommend starting with.
Keep
in mind that some vegetables are more beginner-friendly than others,
but even growing one vegetable can help alleviate the need to buy
produce.
As a beginner, you may not have a lot of gardening equipment.
Fortunately, you don’t need a whole lot to get started.
Here is a list of items you should purchase.
Some items may or may not be necessary depending on how large your garden is.
Items for digging: Full-size spade for digging large holes
Items for planting:
Hand trowel for planting seeds, seedlings, or small potted plants or
harvesting root vegetables; garden jackknife to use for planting,
harvesting, dividing perennials, and opening paint cans
Items for cutting:
Bypass pruners for cutting back foliage and pruning hardy stems and
roots; garden scissors for harvesting herbs and snipping greens
Items for moving dirt: small bucket; wheelbarrow for larger amounts of soil, mulch, and compost
Items for protection:
Wide-brim hat to protect your face and neck; work gloves to protect
your hands; apron to protect your clothes and hold your tools
Items for watering: watering can for window boxes and tiny gardens; hose for larger garden operations
Before you begin planting, make a garden map.
Seed packets often include information about spacing.
So, use a plant spacing chart to determine how much space you need to leave between your seeds for ideal garden growing.
You can also create a calendar and to-do list for your garden.
This
will include tasks like planting seedlings, setting up your outdoor
space, and transplanting your seedlings when they’re ready.
These will ensure your garden is as successful as possible.
This is a common question.
So many people don’t have land, but they want to begin the journey of growing their own food.
If you’re in a cramped apartment, you can still grow food both inside and outside while utilizing whatever space is available.
Here are some ways that you can maximize your space.
Maximize your indoor space
If you’re gardening in an urban area, you must maximize vertical space.
You can do this using windowsills, edible hanging baskets, steel mesh, wood trellis, or other wall racks for indoor gardens.
Maximize your outdoor space
If
you have some outdoor space (rooftop, side yard, small balcony), then
you can establish your plants in raised beds or large containers.
We recommend maximizing the vertical space with a trellis system for plants that vine.
These include tomatoes plants, melons, squash, cucumbers, beans, peas, etc.
If
you have a balcony garden, you can grow plants like tomatoes, peppers,
eggplants, etc. in hanging buckets to make the most of the space.
If you’re enjoying the process of learning to grow your own food, then you may consider making it a communal activity.
Consider
joining a gardening community near you, which will allow you to gain
the space to have a full garden set-up as well as the expertise of
others.
Some people love the support and ability to connect with others along with this newfound hobby.
Are you ready to grow your own food?
Initially, the process of growing a garden can seem like a lot.
Don’t let it overwhelm you.
You
can start out with just a few plants on your porch or a few rows in
your garden and gradually transition to more once you get the hang of
it.
Growing your own food is a great way to provide for your family and always make sure you have food to eat.
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we are not lawyers, accountants or financial advisors and the
information in this article is for informational purposes only. This
article is based on our own research and experience and we do our best
to keep it accurate and up-to-date, but it may contain errors. Please be
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Prior
to starting Gokce Capital, Erika received a Bachelor of Architecture
from the University of Southern California and a graduate degree in
Urban Policy from Columbia University. She worked as both an
architectural designer and engineer in New York before joining the New
York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
Erika
currently lives in the New York Metropolitan area with her spouse,
daughter and cat. She is originally from Chicago and still considers
herself a midwesterner at heart.
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Good Fame Commander Benevolent
“I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.”
Alfred Nobel
Misanthrope Benevolent
“I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.”
Alfred Nobel
Misanthrope Benevolent
“What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?”
Confucius
Men Benevolence Benevolent
“What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?”
Confucius
Men Benevolence Benevolent
“Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.”
Mortimer Adler
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Benevolent Quotes
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
Voltaire
A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame. - Sun Tzu
A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
Sun Tzu
But
friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of
life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is
sunshine.
Thomas Jefferson
Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
Mortimer Adler
Humans
have an amazing capacity to believe in contradictory things. For
example, to believe in an omnipotent and benevolent God but somehow
excuse Him from all the suffering in the world. Or our ability to
believe from the standpoint of law that humans are equal and have free
will and from biology that humans are just organic machines.
Yuval Noah Harari
I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
Richard Branson
To
feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our
selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the
perfection of human nature.
Adam Smith
I
hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as
thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I
always say ‘him’ rather than ‘her.’ Maybe it’s because of my generation,
but I don’t like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent
male.
Julia Child
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
William McKinley
It
is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it
common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men
this benevolent disposition. - Aristotle
It
is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it
common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men
this benevolent disposition.
He
was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he
would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
Douglas William Jerrold
You
shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a
benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets.
Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what
you consider to be positive and good.
Hans Bender
The
erroneous economic belief in scarcity leads directly to the mistaken
theological belief that God does not want us to be rich. After all, in a
world of scarce physical resources, a person could achieve personal
wealth only by taking wealth from another - something that a truly
benevolent, loving God would never allow.
Paul Zane Pilzer-
There
are two main methodologies of open source development. There’s the
Apache model, which is design by committee - great for things like web
servers. Then you have the benevolent dictator model. That’s what Ubuntu
is doing, with Mark Shuttleworth.
I am a misanthrope and
yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a
super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food.
Alfred Nobel
Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren’t apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.
Ruby Dee
We
both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet,
but then there’s another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the
darkest thing you could imagine seeing.
Terrence Howard
The
conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but
it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
William Dean Howells
I
could never go into politics, because I’m far too impatient and I’d
want to be a dictator, albeit a benevolent one… I would hope.
Red is a benevolent dictatorship. - James Jannard
Red is a benevolent dictatorship.
James Jannard
Why
do the police need to know where I am? In the hands of a benevolent
government, they could be looking after your interests, but what if the
next government isn’t so benevolent?
The
truth is, it’s a totalitarian dictatorship when you’re making films.
You are the boss. You can listen to other people, and it can be a
benevolent dictatorship, but it’s a dictatorship nonetheless. A lot of
directors go past their first experience, that’s what they’ve come away
with.
When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror.
Thomas Day
I
think there are presences out there that we can’t see or directly
communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they’re
angels or something else, I’m not sure.
Misha Collins
Being
made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign
negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a
benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids
crack on with it.
Clare Balding
To
the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to
hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too
far and ridding us of his presence altogether.
James Payn
If
you don’t believe there’s some organising principle, or somebody up in
the sky pulling the strings, then it can be very stressful. And nature
itself is very arbitrary - it’s not malevolent or benevolent; it doesn’t
even know we’re here.
Michael Shannon
I
took two or three months and I came up with a reason that I thought was
enough and I went with it: if there is a God he’s definitely not
benevolent. We should mean less to him than ants. And if there is a God
or there are gods they would value, more than anything, free will.
Tarsem Singh
For
the most part, my characters don’t talk to me. I like to lord over them
like some kind of benevolent deity. And, for the most part, my
characters go along with it. I write intense character sketches and
long, play-like conversations between me and them, but they stay out of
the book writing itself.
Sarah MacLean
I’ve decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.
Barry Humphries
We
always like to keep our children in a kind of bubble and censor the bad
news about the world. We like to tell them the world is full of
benevolent, nice people.
Kazuo Ishiguro
I’m
not questioning the monotheistic god. I think there’s absolutely no
evidence for the existence of such a god. When I say that, I mean I’m -
part of that is that the idea that God could be all-powerful and also
benevolent is on its face contradictory.
Barbara Ehrenreich
I believe in human-centered AI to benefit people in positive and benevolent ways.
Fei-Fei Li
I am benevolent.
Chris Eubank Sr.
With
a few notable exceptions, literary fiction in the U.K. is dominated by
an upper and upper middle-class clique who usually have a tin ear for
the demotic and who portray working-class characters with, at best, a
benevolent condescension.
Adrian McKinty
Some people mistakenly think nature is very nice and benevolent and never betrays.
Margaret Atwood
There is great potential to use computer vision technology in a constructive and benevolent way.
Fei-Fei Li
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Alas
few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these
occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at
them for money.
John McCarthy
We
like where we live and we wanna participate in our neighbourhoods and
communities and stuff and try to- we’re not like benevolent- it’s pretty
basic.
Jon Fishman
Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
Jack Schwartz
Clearly, children’s charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.
Dana Rohrabacher
I
like them all - I don’t always approve. I see myself as a sort of
benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what
they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they’re
decent.
Patrick Marber
I’m a benevolent dictator.
Harvey Weinstein
I
like joking around and being a little mischievous. Once an audience or
even a group of friends realizes that you’re being benevolent about it,
then they’re along for the ride.
Reggie Watts
Why
can’t Google, which likes to see itself as a ‘Don’t Be Evil’ benevolent
force in society, just write us a big check for using our stories, so
we can keep checks and balances alive and continue to provide the search
engine with our stories?
Maureen Dowd
I always found
that if you handle a problem in a benevolent way and a transparent way
and involve other people, so it’s just not your personal opinion, that
people get to the other side of these difficult conversations being more
enthusiastic.
David M. Kelley
My
wife tells me I am a male chauvinist pig and I have to sort of admit
it. In my office and in my home, I’m not very democratic. I think of
myself as a benevolent dictator.
Edgar Mitchell
It
is an oftentimes dangerous world, and not all of the people in it are
nice, sweet and benevolent. It is the nature of man to behave otherwise,
and we must find leaders who can show us a better way and still
maintains a balanced view.
Mike Medavoy
People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.
Lois Lowry
Music
and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another.
Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is
filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to
give back.
Shawn Amos
Is it possible to run a big
industrial corporation in a benevolent fashion? We see these days that
even the hippest companies hide some rotten practices to make their
profit margins work.
Ann Nocenti
Despite
the impression created by some economic pundits, the U.S. economy is
not a delicate little machine that needs to be fine-tuned with exact
precision by benevolent policymakers to keep from breaking down.
Edward C. Prescott
“You know someone is truly special when the most beautiful thing they have on is a kind soul.”
“Your
mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you
encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life,
when you empower others.”
“One kind deed is more beautiful than a thousand good intentions.”
“Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.”
“If you want to know a person’s true character, observe how he treats those who don’t matter.”
“If
you are generous, you are rich, no matter how little you have; if you
are stingy, you are poor, no matter how much you have.”
“You are compensated by what you take, but only truly rewarded by what you give.”
“Learn from the Sun; on account of its warmth it doesn’t need to beg anyone to esteem it”
“The most valuable people in life are those who take the least but give the most.”
“If
you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to
lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an
exceptional life, be good to everyone.”
“The simplest way to better the world is one good deed at a time.”
“When you choose to help others you choose to help yourself.”
“Trees generously share their fruit.
Bees generously share their honey.
Flowers generously share their perfume.
Do likewise.”
“One act of kindness is more powerful than a thousand acts of spite.”
“God helps those who help themselves, but helps most those who help others.”
“You are remembered for what you give, not for what you take. Give as much as you want to be remembered.”
“Be liberal with your talents, generous with your money, charitable with your possessions, and benevolent with your time.”
“Care more. Help more. Give more. Love more.”
“The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.”
“Lend
your ears to the deaf, your eyes to the blind, your hands to the weak,
your tongue to the mute, your mind to the perplexed, and your heart to
the weary.”
“Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.”
“If the heart had a brain kind people would rule the world.”
“What you do for others you have done for yourself.”
“To get, give; to give, get.”
“Tomorrow belongs to those who help others today.”
“You know someone is truly special when the most beautiful thing they have on is a kind soul.”
“Your
mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you
encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life,
when you empower others.”
“One kind deed is more beautiful than a thousand good intentions.”
“Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.”
“If you want to know a person’s true character, observe how he treats those who don’t matter.”
“If
you are generous, you are rich, no matter how little you have; if you
are stingy, you are poor, no matter how much you have.”
“You are compensated by what you take, but only truly rewarded by what you give.”
“Learn from the Sun; on account of its warmth it doesn’t need to beg anyone to esteem it”
“Use
your mind to solve problems for others; your heart to feel compassion
for others; your mouth to speak for others; your hands to help others;
your feet to visit others; your ears to listen to others, and your life
to better others.”
“The most valuable people in life are those who take the least but give the most.”
“If
you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to
lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an
exceptional life, be good to everyone.”
“The simplest way to better the world is one good deed at a time.”
“When you choose to help others you choose to help yourself.”
“Trees generously share their fruit.
Bees generously share their honey.
Flowers generously share their perfume.
Do likewise.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo
“The
lack of divine love has created a parasitical environment in which
humans feed on other humans for power, much like vampires seeking blood,
although this feeding is energetic power. The lack of divine love
frequency has resulted in an environment in which humanity is incapable
to undergo the natural process of biological ascension without the help
of divine intervention. And yet, divine intervention requires the
individual to be conscious beyond the belief in news, government,
corporate, and mask wearing programming to ask in commitment,
benevolence, and dedication for this hyper vigilant assistance.”
― Deborah Bravandt
“Charity
and benevolence, like honesty, always “pay”, a great deal better than
their opposites, in spite of all that cynics may adduce to the contrary.
Also, they put the mind in a condition in which it can have the maximum
of constructive effect on the arteries and nerves of the physical
envelope.”
― Bernard Bromage, Tibetan Yoga-
“Live your life in
such a way that you’ll be remembered for your kindness, compassion,
fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much
respect for life, in general.”
― Germany Kent