Creating a vegetable garden from scratch in the wrong location will never work. Understanding your location, seasonal sun movements, trees and building will help you better position your vegetable garden so that you can maximise the return you get form all your hard effort growing your own food.
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As food prices soar the need to be able to grow your own food increases. However, many people don’t know where to start when it comes to creating your own vegetable garden at home. Before you start creating a vegetable garden there are a few things you need to learn and understand. In part 2 of this ten part series in creating a vegetable garden I cover location. More specifically, the seasonal sun movements and the changes in the sun’s arc which can create shade where there was sun and sun where there was shade.
Then I discuss the incredibly important, and highly overlooked point, point of trees. When starting your first vegetable garden it is crucial to understand what the final tree sizes will be when they are mature for any trees that border your property. The reason for this is that a tree that has no impact on your home vegetable garden now could cast full shade the whole day in 5 years time.
I also discuss the importance of taking your building and outhouses into account when choosing the location for your new vegetable garden.
Other videos in this series 👇
Series Introduction: EPIC new 10-Part series on “How to start a vegetable garden https://youtu.be/wfiKu4__jng
Video 1: PART 1 | GARDENING GOALS https://youtu.be/2galKaNuznI?si=YquENmnslq8SCsiu
Video chapters 👇
00:00 – Introduction
01:14 – Thank you
01:58 – Seasonal changes in the sun’s position
04:34 – Are there any trees around?
06:30 – My NEW Homestead
08:21 – Building and shade they create
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An additional thought on the position of the sun. My land slopes gently to the NNW which wouldn’t seem to make an enormous difference in the sun’s position relative to the garden but my neighbor’s land slopes gently to the SW and this seems to make a slight difference in the vigor of his veggies over mine. — something to think about in buying land or placing a garden.
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