Now onto some simple yet very effective Vegetable Gardening Tips:

Find an area in your yard that is going to get the 1st light off the day and a sufficient amount as the day rolls on. The Vegetable Garden does not need every ray of light that shines that day but at least a few hours of it.

Remember the sun rises in the East and sets in the West. So having your garden positioned to reign in the sunniest part of the day around noon to 2pm allows it to take in the most sun.

After finding the right spot you need to clear the area. This is the most labor intensive part of making and maintaining a Vegetable Garden. You will need only a spade shovel, wheel barrel, garden shovel, and some elbow grease. To make it easier you can purchase or rent a tiller.

Using a shovel, start making your boundaries by jamming the shovel into the ground going around the area for the size of garden you want.

Make sure you go all the way down to the grass roots. For beginners a garden about 6 feet x 12 feet is a good size. As you get more experienced the sky is the limit on size assuming you have the room for it.

Bit by bit shovel, tear, and rip off of the surface the grass and all it’s roots. You will want to make sure you get everything out because you do not want grass sprouting again when you have your prized vegetables growing in the garden. Leaving grass roots will make weeding a weekly chore throughout the growing season if not totally removed.

After all the grass is removed you will need to buy some manure for fertilizer. Mix this in with the 2-3 inches of loose soil and dirt that you created to give your garden a kick start and keep it well fertilized throughout the season.

Now to the fun part! Time to pick some vegetables. Tomatoes, peppers, and squash are good starter vegetables but there are dozens of fruits and vegetables you can add.

Keep it fun the first year and try to plant at least 3 different kinds of Vegetables. Most vegetables can be planted in May and June.

After running to the garden center and picking out your Vegetable Plants it’s time to plant.

Dig about a 3 inch hole with a garden shovel and lay the vegetable roots in the ground and push down on the sides making the soil somewhat rigid.

You want to space tomato plants at least 2 feet from each other because they grow pretty large. The rest of the vegetables only need about 1.5 feet. Don’t forget to buy Tomato cages. These go over top of the tomato plants to keep them upright when those heavy juicy tomatoes start growing.

A great Vegetable Gardening Tip for making each watering session more effective is to make an earthen ring around the circumference of the vegetable plant.

Right after your 1st watering take the moist dirt and mold it into a ring that goes about 3 inches around the circumference of the plant.

When this hardens it will stay there and keep water from immediately running from the plant area during future watering sessions and rains.

One more Tip and it’s time to let your garden grow!

You need to put a chicken wire fence around your garden at least 2.5 feet high to keep the critters out. If you don’t they will eat all your hard work.

Buy 8-12 wooden stakes at least 3 feet long and hammer them around the perimeter of your garden. Tie the chicken wire to the stakes using heavy plastic ties keeping it very close to the ground and wrap the entire garden tight.

Now you're done and it’s time to let it grow!

Vegetable Gardening Tips to maintain your garden throughout the season:

Next time you mow the lawn save some of the grass clippings.

Lay these grass clipping all over the bottom of your garden about 1.5 inches thick. Lay it to every border all the way to the earthen rings you made earlier and the fence.

When the clippings start to dry out they will have a “matting” effect on the bottom of your garden and will keep weeds from growing so that you don’t have to pick weeds as much. You can repeat this a few times throughout the season.

Water your garden about 3 times a week. Use common sense though. If it rained all week you don’t have to water the next day.