Amanda Brice » vegetable garden http://www.amandabrice.com Tips to Live Your Life Alive Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:30:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tips for a starter vegetable garden? http://www.amandabrice.com/tips-for-a-starter-vegetable-garden/ http://www.amandabrice.com/tips-for-a-starter-vegetable-garden/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:54:33 +0000 http://www.amandabrice.com/tips-for-a-starter-vegetable-garden/ Continue reading →]]> I live in North Carolina where the soil leaves a bit to be desired, but I’d like to start a vegetable garden. I have a nice sized backyard to do it in and we’ve grown vegetables before, but only tomatoes and some sunflowers. I want to do something on a larger scale.
Tips please?
I have no idea where to start in planning this thing.
Thank you.

]]> http://www.amandabrice.com/tips-for-a-starter-vegetable-garden/feed/ 1 Vegetable Gardening Tips To Build Perfect Garden? http://www.amandabrice.com/vegetable-gardening-tips-to-build-perfect-garden/ http://www.amandabrice.com/vegetable-gardening-tips-to-build-perfect-garden/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:04:43 +0000 http://www.amandabrice.com/vegetable-gardening-tips-to-build-perfect-garden/ Continue reading →]]> Im looking for vegetable gardening tips and want to build the perfect vegetable garden. I have found a really good free ebook to get me started at http://www.vegetablegardeninghelp.com but wanted to know if anyone has any design plans for a vegetable garden? Thanks

]]> http://www.amandabrice.com/vegetable-gardening-tips-to-build-perfect-garden/feed/ 1 I want to dig a veggie garden. Any tips and tricks? http://www.amandabrice.com/i-want-to-dig-a-veggie-garden-any-tips-and-tricks/ http://www.amandabrice.com/i-want-to-dig-a-veggie-garden-any-tips-and-tricks/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:52:45 +0000 http://www.amandabrice.com/i-want-to-dig-a-veggie-garden-any-tips-and-tricks/ Continue reading →]]> I’ve never done this before, but I’m not a stranger to gardening. I’ve done some landscaping in my life and have raised herbs for cooking.

I want a small vegetable garden in my backyard. How large of a bed should I need and should I put it in a full-sun spot or a shadier area?

Keeping in mind that this is a small garden, what would be the best way to dig it? I’m not afraid to do some manual labor — in fact, I like it. What tools will I need to till the ground? There’s only grass there and the soil may be clayey.

I’d like to grow some herbs like rosemary, mint and basil. I’d also like to have strawberries, tomatoes, garlic and a few other easy crops. What others would be good for beginners?

Also, if there are any decorative flowers or plants that would make the garden look nice as well as functional, let me know.

I live in USDA hardiness zone 6b, meaning the average temperature 0 to -5 degrees F.

]]> http://www.amandabrice.com/i-want-to-dig-a-veggie-garden-any-tips-and-tricks/feed/ 1 What garden vegetables do well under a black walnut tree? http://www.amandabrice.com/what-garden-vegetables-do-well-under-a-black-walnut-tree/ http://www.amandabrice.com/what-garden-vegetables-do-well-under-a-black-walnut-tree/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 23:56:13 +0000 http://www.amandabrice.com/?p=80 Continue reading →]]> I can only plant my vegetable garden near a black walnut tree. Something in the tree make-up prevents certain plants from growing. Which ones do better than others. Thank you
There is sun but the drip line of the tree is close to the garden.

]]> http://www.amandabrice.com/what-garden-vegetables-do-well-under-a-black-walnut-tree/feed/ 1 Can you start a garden on top of a preexisting garden? http://www.amandabrice.com/can-you-start-a-garden-on-top-of-a-preexisting-garden/ http://www.amandabrice.com/can-you-start-a-garden-on-top-of-a-preexisting-garden/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 23:14:54 +0000 http://www.amandabrice.com/?p=19 Continue reading →]]> We had a small vegetable garden and a few months ago some major life things happened so we completely forgot about our garden. What I was wondering, is do we need to pull up all of the dead plants or can we just bury them there? Would this nutritionalize the soil or would it just be better to pull them all up?
I think the only reason they are dead is that they starved to death because we forgot to water them for a few monthes, and didn’t protect them during the winter.

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