What Kind of Summer Vegetable Garden Design to Consider?
If you don’t have a tilled area ready for planting, consider creating a container, square foot, or raised bed garden. These vegetable garden designs are easy for a beginner planning a small simple home garden. Just be sure to choose a sunny location with a source of water nearby for your vegetable garden location. Container Garden This may be the easiest of all vegetable gardens to design and implement. Simply assemble a group of large containers (be sure they have good drainage holes in the bottom) in a sunny location, fill with good quality potting soil, and plant your vegetable seeds or small plants. Hint: In hot weather, give your lettuce plants partial shade for best results. Lettuce is one of the few vegetable plants that will be happiest when not placed in full-sun. Square Foot Garden Square Foot gardening is a great and easy method of vegetable gardening developed by Mel Bartholomew. It consists of creating a 4′ x 4′ container garden that is divided into 16 squares. Each square
