I’m quite the expert when it comes to vegetable gardening.

My love for gardening started when I was just a wee toddler in Alaska. We had a fairly large garden where we grew peas, carrots, broccoli, and potatoes…we may have grown more, but those were the only vegetables I cared about. 😉

I remember planting a few barbie dolls in the garden to see if they would sprout little Kellys and Kens for me to play with, too.

I was pretty disappointed when fall came and the only thing I got was a very dirty doll.

My love for vegetable gardening renewed when I started creating content for an organic gardening company called Safer Brand.

I’m proud to say that the content I produced is some of the most comprehensive gardening and landscaping ideas on the web. As spring comes into full bloom, I wanted to share some of my favorite charts and graphics to give you a beginner’s guide to vegetable gardening. Some of these charts I was part of the team that helped put them together for Safer Brand and the rest are from The Fix.

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Before you get your hands dirty, get your gardening tools ready! Check out this adorable garden caddy and tool set and this garden clipper is a must.

There are SO MANY VEGETABLES you can grow…it’s kinda overwhelming. Since you are new to gardening, start with a few of these easy to go vegetables.

Before deciding on the type of vegetables you want to grow, scout out the area you want to plant, whether it’s a container, raised bed or traditional in the ground garden.

If you plan on putting your vegetables in existing dirt, be sure to do a soil test. Most big nurseries will actually do your soil test for free.

Check out some of these clever gardening plans and ideas.

I love mixing landscaping with edible plants. While you can just do a vegetable garden by itself, I think it always looks fantastic mixing flowers with vegetables to make an enticing and delicious landscape. Here’s a great graphic on how to mix edible plants.

If you do plan to mix flowers with vegetables, consider adding plants for pollinators like bees and butterflies. Check out this graphic for a list of best plants for pollinators.

You may want to start your first vegetable garden with seedlings (baby plants) but if you want to try to save money it’s best to start your plants by seed. Many seeds should be started indoors either in front of a sunny window or under grow lights.

After You’ve Planted Your Vegetable Garden

Once you have your seedlings growing, it’s time to plan a few more parts to your garden, such as the irrigation system, which isn’t mandatory but great to have if you plan on doing a garden every year.

Inevitably, in your first vegetable garden you’ll have some issues, such as yellow leaves.

Want more info? Check out this vegetable gardening for beginners guide here.

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