The Ultimate Garden Revival: EverythingMom’s Spring Growing Guide

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You want to add some life to your yard, be it gorgeous flowers and leafy plants, or nourishing produce that you can use in the healthy meals your family eats? Spring is just around the corner, and calls for immediate action. With our guide, you’ll be harvesting carrots, lettuce and tomatoes by summer – the season that calls for fresh, light fare – and adorning your dinner table with stunning floral arrangements.

As if you needed another reason to start hoeing, gardening with family members can be a great bonding experience, learning tool for children, and awesome way to instill a sense of accomplishment. After all, wouldn’t you feel great, feeding your family something you grew yourself? So will your kids, trust us.

VEGETABLES

The type of plant, where and your climate will answer this question specifically, but here’s a general rule of (green) thumb:

When to plant

To ensure that your spring vegetable plants get the benefit of copious sunlight hours, and they’ll be delicious and yummy looking when you harvest them, make sure that your spring planting takes place at least two weeks after the last frost of winter.

If you’ll be transplanting from indoors, aim for an April or May move; for new seeds and spring bulbs, most can be planted between early spring and May.

How to plant

For tips specific to every kind of vegetable or fruit you can plant, you’re going to need to do some reading. Check seed envelopes, seek out friends familiar with growing in your climate, and don’t be afraid to ask at the gardening supply center that you might purchase seeds, bulbs, fertilizer and tools from. Googling for information on planting times, methods and fertilization recommendations can be informative, especially with seasoned gardening pros blogging and posting charts like this one. Other great options include frequenting social media sites with gardening sections for advice.

A tip: If this is one of your first attempts at spring gardening, start off small. Yes, it would be amazing to plant nearly all of your family’s produce needs, but you don’t want to jinx your efforts by over-planting in too small a space, not having enough attention for each plant or spending a fortune on seeds and bulbs, to have little successfully harvested. Gardening is largely about trial and error – and some of that will be out of your hands and in Mother Nature’s.

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