How to Plant a Strawberry Patch: Designing and building my first Garden: Part 2

How to Plant Strawberries

This video shows my strawberry gardening and planting experience while I explain what I learned about growing and planting strawberries

Starting Fresh: Summer Gardening

The land has been cleared. Now it is time to plant fruits and vegetables in the garden. The first eatable plant I planted was strawberries. Strawberry plants will start producing fruit quickly and the fruit is extremely healthy. I've always been aware of how important it is to eat a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables. Lately natural non processed food is all I want to eat. Yet, I may be going over board, but non organic produce kind of scares me. My organic strawberry habit is getting expensive, so you have no idea what excitement the idea of home grown organic strawberries gives me.

This is the first video in my Summer Gardening Series:

Watch as I weed my garden and mix lot of Organic compost into the soil, so the soil is nutrient rich and fluffy.

Starting a Garden for the First Time?

How to Start a Summer Garden

Part One: Clearing the Land

Organic Gardening Video Series

Hello! You have found this post because you are interested in starting a garden. I want to start by saying gardening is a very rewarding hobby. Growing your own food is so satisfying. Starting a project and working through it will add another dimension to your life. It can also give you the confidence to tackle other projects you have been dreaming about doing. Starting from scratch is sometimes the most fun. Whether you have grown your own vegetables in the past or this is your first time. I want to help encourage you to get out in the garden and start working. It can be a scary task and easy to put off, but once you dive in, you will feel so much better. Plus, remember, we are in this together. So that means post video responses of where you are in the process. I would love see other peoples gardening space and watch them develop.

Step One: Clear a plot of land

In this video I show my techniques for clearing a plot of land. At first clearing out weeds and shrubs from your garden may seem tedious, but take it slow, area by area, and before you know it you will have a clear piece of land.

Introducing My First Garden: Apartment Gardening in Containers made Possible

Welcome to My First Garden

Take a look around:

The garden is growing nicely and is really enjoying the hot Chico, California weather. I have planted the typical summer vegetables: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, zucchini, melons, strawberries and cucumbers. I also have some cool weather crops in my garden because when I decided to start the garden I didn't really know what seeds to start, so I just picked out veggies I wanted to grow: kale, swish chard, and broccoli. Join me in my gardening adventures! These pictures were taken about a month ago:

I can't believe how big it has gotten since I have taken those previous pictures. Look at it now (picture taken June 16th):

This is my first garden and these are my experiences. I'm Emily Marie follow me as a beginner learns about growing a home garden. My goal is to be able to grow enough food for my and my boyfriend, so we can eat fresh local organic veggies instead of produce bought from the supermarket. I want to live a healthy lifestyle, help the environment, and eventually become urban suburban survivalist (until I get my own farm land).

I live in an apartment, so the space is limited. This blog will be especially helpful to people who will be growing gardens in small spaces and container gardening.