You may not think you have a green thumb but the following tips and ideas can help anyone wanting to start their own garden. Some are classic and others are innovative. Whatever the case, read and get inspired!

Garden Seed Calculator: To help you learn the perfect time to plant you’ll find this incredible tool, garden seed calculator helpful. I do keep this garden seed calculator handy because it allows me to know when is the best time for me to transfer my plant outdoors.

Build a Greenhouse: If you want to produce food year round, a greenhouse is a necessity. It helps extend your growing season and you can even grow a variety of crops that are not commonly grown in your area. The greenhouse comes big and small, depending on your preference and needs.

Know When to Plant: A successful garden requires a perfect timing because not all plants thrive and flourish whole year round. There are plants best planted during summer or spring. A perfect plan for the garden gives advantages for producing the best crops each season.

Homemade fertilizers are a lot safer and beneficial than to its commercial alternative. You get to know what’s in it plus its lot cheaper. I would say animal manure is still the best option. Fortunately, I’ve got livestock in my homestead, so animal manure comes free. If you’ve got no animal manure, your food scraps or any biodegradable will do.

Develop Your Soil: Soil works the hardest in a garden, so it needs more attention than you ever think. After testing your garden soil, it is essential for you to develop your soil and find out which necessary components should be added to ensure your plants will thrive. Organically rich soil enhances the development of healthy, broad roots that can reach more nutrients and water.

Container Gardening: Troubled with space or season? If you got more crops to plant than your space allows, container gardening will help you maximize your space and even during winter can gardening can help your plant survive. There are plenty of vegetables and fruits that still thrive even in containers indoors or outdoors, whether you’ve got limited space or sunny window container gardening is a great way to enjoy homegrown fresh produce and add a delicious component to your meals.

Practice Composting:  With composting nothing goes to waste, except the non-biodegradable. Composting is a must know for every homesteader. It helps a garden reach its full potential. It lessens a major a portion of non-organic elements, balances its soluble and unstable nutrients, and quickens the development of soil humus which is essential for plants to flourish.

Vertical Gardening: Another space saving option is vertical gardening. With vertical gardening, rooting space is the key. If you want to give this a try the basics are pretty easy, you just need a watering system and best kind of crops and you’ll be good to go.

Aphids, another loathsome pest destroys a garden and yield! I guess, every homeowner, homesteader, gardener wants to be free from this annoying pest. If it’s still possible, it’s still best to get rid of aphids the natural way before considering another method, like contacting an arborist.

Grow and Indoor Garden: If the season limits you in growing your food, well, there’s really no reason for you not to have an indoor garden because there are delicious, hardy edibles that still thrive indoors when the season doesn’t allow them to flourish outdoors. You’ll love to have an indoor garden that will keep you busy even during winter months.

For more information, including data on a “survival garden,” go to Homesteading.

These days we live in an apartment and the indoor garden is something we are enjoying. We also are planning, for the Spring, to do some fun things on our balcony. Container gardening should be interesting. We can hardly wait to see what develops!

In other words, do not be afraid to try your hand at gardening. If not you, maybe another member of your family will end up with a “green thumb!”