Let’s Get Ready for a Revival
Day #21
Grow Baby Grow
Where does all food come from? The garden of course! So I’ve got to cover the garden because growing your own food is incredibly rewarding. The soil makes you feel alive and happy. No joke, have you tried it before? If not then you need to and if you have then you probably know what I’m referring to. It’s amazing to watch a tiny spec of a seed sprout, grow into a seedling, continue growing into a large plant, producing fruit, this fruit has seed it in, it falls and replants and the beauty starts all over again. All while providing us with amazing nutrients!! God has certainly designed some amazing stuff and I am in awe of it and more than willing to partake in it.
I’m obsessed with food there is no question about it so of course I”m obsessed with growing my food (especially with knowing the use of chemicals, genetically altered food, mistreatment of animals, and so on). Today I’m going to share with you How to Start a Garden (or if you already garden, maybe it’s a good time to reevaluate)
In my Building Self Sufficiency Membership Site we will be deep diving into gardening and growing all things if your interested in joining click HERE to check it out. I”ll be there guiding and showing you how we do ALL the things.
How to Start:
First grow what you’ll actually eat – what is your favorite veggies or do you like salsa- plant the basics then as time goes on add in different varieties, types & sizes.
Second what kind of space do you have? Evaluate if you have places to only put pots, a raised bed or can you work up a half acre?
Third only buy what you need. Seed packets are VERY addicting (trust me) only buy what you would need for 2 years of planting. Only purchase Heirloom Seeds if you need to know why click HERE where I discuss the difference in seed types out there.
Fourth learn to trust yourself that yes even you can plant and grow food. I have seen it MANY times at my gardening workshops where they say there’s no way they’ll be able to grow anything, it’s never worked out for them, etc. But they decided to take a leap and try it and start with my workshops, then boom they plant- the seeds are growing- then there’s the “fruits of their labor” and they devour it up, jump up and down, call me, text me, message me and the photos start rolling in!!! THEN the plans for next year’s garden- GROW BIGGER!!!
How to Plant: There’s a lot of confusion on the depth of actually placing the seed in the ground. So many seed packets with so little information. Keep this in mind- Rule of Thumb: Place the seed double the length of the seed into the ground. For instance bean seeds are usually 1/2 inch in length so plant 1 inch in depth in the ground. Those little lettuce and carrot seeds you’ll basically surface sow which means place directly on the soil and very lightly cover up, I like to tamp the ground to to make sure they get “stuck” there and do not fly away in the wind.
When to Plant: You might be familiar with your planting zone which gives you the idea of when you can actually plant, but it’s false. It’s more like if something may survive then it just might survive but who know’s if it’ll survive type of thing. Doesn’t that make sense? It does about as much as the planting zone. But I am always curious where people are located because it does give a clue to your growing area. What you really need to know is YOUR Frost Dates – you can give a quick search on your area’s frost dates. You would not want to plant on the outside of these dates (in general most things can not survive, but some can of course there’s always rule breakers). Also keep an eye on your current temps when the gardening season starts up. Weather is changing and it feels it’s changing more wonky and extreme as of lately. Basically do not plant your warm weather crops such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant until it’s past your average frost date. You can however sneak some things into the ground prior to then such as larger seed types like beans, beets, corn, and other items that grow under the ground like carrots & potatoes.
Here are a few FREE Guides to Get You Started
(Just click on the image to take you to the download)
What’s this guide used for: So I planted the seeds in the ground but how much space in between each plant? This guide you can easily print out, laminate and take it with you in the garden. This is the space I like to give my favorite veggies.
What’s this guide used for: Some plants do not need a lot of sun so you are able to get away with partial shade. This helps you use all sorts of areas on your land, patio, etc. Full sun generally means 8+ hours of sun. Partial shade generally means 4-6 hours of sun. Use this guide to help you plant according to your location you have to plant. This guide ALSO shows you what in general needs to be started indoors or bought from a nursery vs planting directly in the grown. One of the biggest issues I see people do is waste $$ on buying seedlings which can be quite expensive when they could be planted right in the ground. Most zones have enough time to grow the one’s I have on the guide as “Direct Sow”.
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Day #1 Mindset – Printables & Master Supply List
Day #2 My Kitchen – Favorite Items
Day #3 Health Journey – Free Living Cleaner Ebook
Day #4 Being Ready at All Times
Day #5 Getting Spicy
Day #6 How to Become a Food Prood
Day #7 Bread & More Bread
Day #8 All things Sourdough
Day #9 Dirty & Organic
Day #10 Making Your Own
Day #11 Involving the Family
Day #12 Taking Care of Your Largest Organ
Day #13 Recipes & More
Day #14 Why I don’t meal plan
Day #15 Recreating restaurant meals at home
Day #16 Keepin it Simple + A lesson
Day #17 Breakfast Time
Day #18 Cooking from Scratch
Day #19 Recreating Fav Kid Meals
Day #20 Pasta All Day Every Day
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