by Miranda Sehl
I’ve been noticing that many more people are dabbling in their yards with vegetable gardens and I’m so glad to see your efforts! There has never been a better time to learn some new homesteading skills. Times are stranger than ever and we need more people to learn the valuable skill of being able to feed ourselves. I’d like to see an even larger number of people attempt to grow some food!
Wouldn’t it be nice to have an abundance of healthy homegrown food even if things don’t get weird? I hope everything stays comfortable and stable, but in case it doesn’t, let’s have some bounty growing in our yards to feed ourselves, our families and our neighbors.
Vegetable Gardening is a very exciting and rewarding endeavor. I promise it’s a better use of your time than watching the tellyavision. To those of you who point out that it’s easier to buy food at the grocery store, I agree with you! But what if that convenience stops being available to you? Or what if prices become too high?
So if you’ve never grown any vegetables or gardened before, I’m here to tell you: it isn’t hard, you can build a green thumb, and I will personally help you if you’d like. I will come help you get started, free of charge. I just want to help empower our community to start some victory gardens! Email me at mir@ndasehl.com.
If you are an experienced gardener and would like to get connected with some ambitious newbies, please everyone reach out to me and I’ll help connect us all. I would also like to match up people that have land and would like to host a garden with people that want to do the planting, watering and weeding. Thank you all in advance for doing your part in keeping this ancient survival skill/hobby alive.
The Soil Can Be Worked!
The seed packets that say “sow as soon as soil can be worked” can be planted now. Of my plants, that includes: arugula, cabbage, carrot, dill, kale, parsnip, parsley, peas, potatoes, radish, spinach, swiss chard and turnips. Also, in this early springtime, installing some fruit trees into your yard might be a lovely idea.
Indoor Head Start
If you’d like your plants to have a serious head start, plant them now in your house! According to my seed packets and research, you can begin rosemary, sweet potatoes, oregano, lavender, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, chamomile, collards, lemon balm, onions, peppers, mints, thyme and tomatoes indoors at this time.
Make sure to follow the seed planting instructions. There are plenty of opinions out there about the best way. My advice to you is to just get out there and start acquiring some wisdom with it! You won’t get better until you get started.
Thank you to those of you who will garden this year! Please reach out if you have any ideas or want to get involved email me at mir@ndasehl.com.