{"id":2256,"date":"2009-01-11T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2023-10-04T20:59:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T02:59:49","slug":"7-tips-for-starting-your-own-vegetable-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/7-tips-for-starting-your-own-vegetable-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"7 tips for starting your own vegetable garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early January. Though it’s the dead of winter, many of us are dreaming about our summer vegetable gardens. The seed catalogs have begun to appear in the mailbox. Kris and I received eight<\/em> of them today:<\/p>\n

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\nImages of summer…<\/em><\/div>\n

It might seem crazy to start thinking about a vegetable garden in January. It’s cold outside! But believe it or not, now is the perfect time to begin preparing for a successful autumn harvest. Over the next month, we’ll plan our seed order. By the end of February, our seeds will be started indoors. All of this leads to those exciting days at the end of April when we can move our plants to the vegetable garden!<\/p>\n

<\/span>Our Garden<\/span><\/h2>\n

Kris and I own about two-thirds of an acre in Portland, Oregon. Since moving into this house in June 2004, we’ve been gradually building a garden of fruit, berries, and vegetables. In 2008, we conducted a year-long experiment<\/a>. We tracked our garden expenses (in money and time<\/a>) and also noted our “profit” from the harvest.<\/p>\n

Last month I posted detailed results<\/a> for the project. Here’s a summary:<\/p>\n