Learn Exactly How to Grow 25 Vegetable Garden Favorites for Maximum Harvests

By Daisy Luther

Finally….the week we’ve all been itching for.  At least where I live, it’s planting time! Did you ever wonder exactly how to grow specific vegetables in your garden for the biggest, healthiest harvests?

I’ve spent the past few weeks poring over my gardening books and scouring the Internet to learn all that I can about the specific veggies, fruits, and herbs that I intend to grow. While lots of folks just stick everything in the ground and grow it under the same conditions, (exactly what I’ve been doing) I believe that a little attention toward the specific needs of individual plants can reward you with greater productivity and healthier plants. Below, you can find a round-up of the information I am using to set up my garden this year. I hope some of this is useful to you, as well.

How to Grow Specific Fruits and Vegetables

• Asparagus
• Basil
• Beans (Pole)
• Blueberries
• Borage
• Broccoli
• Bush beans (square foot gardening method)
• Chamomile
• Corn
• Garlic
• Herbs
• Lettuce
• Mint
• Mushrooms
• Onions
• Peas
• Peppers
• Potatoes (Hilling method)
• Potatoes (Towers)
• Potatoes (Containers)
• Rosemary
• Stevia
• Summer squash
• Sweet potatoes
• Tomatoes: This is the best tomato-planting advice I’ve seen. I’m trying his method this year.

• Turnips
• Zucchini

Be sure to also check out the Self-Reliance Manifesto for more than 300 links to other gardening and homesteading tips.

Planting Time Books and Products

These are the books that I referred to when planning this year’s garden.

• The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible
• Lasagna Gardening
• Straw Bale Gardening
• The All New Square Foot Gardening

I’m also a big proponent of Smart Beds. If you don’t have construction skills (ahem – me – cough) they are a great way to make yourself a raised bed on top of any surface. The price is very reasonable too.

Tell me about your garden

Is it planting time where you are? What are you planning to grow this year?  Do you grow plants specifically to certain guidelines or do you grow everything the same way? Please share your very best tips and tell me about your gardens in the comments.

Please feel free to share any information from this site in part or in full, leaving all links intact, giving credit to the author and including a link to this website and the following bio. Daisy Luther lives on a small organic homestead in Northern California.  She is the author of The Organic Canner,  The Pantry Primer: A Prepper’s Guide to Whole Food on a Half-Price Budget, and The Prepper’s Water Survival Guide: Harvest, Treat, and Store Your Most Vital Resource. On her website, The Organic Prepper, Daisy uses her background in alternative journalism to provide a unique perspective on health and preparedness, and offers a path of rational anarchy against a system that will leave us broke, unhealthy, and enslaved if we comply.  Daisy’s articles are widely republished throughout alternative media. You can follow her on Facebook, Pinterest,  and Twitter.