Do you need a garden 101 tutorial? Last year I documented my vegetable garden journey from start to finish with a low maintenance garden technique.

Garden 101 Steps
Every year I grow a garden and I look forward to it every year. Over the last several we have noticed a huge decline in our produce and what does well.
Last year we are trying straw bale gardening. We found it to be much easier all around (no weeds, good drainage, start new every ear, and was very low maintenance.

1. Easy Garden Set Up
This tutorial explains why we shifted to strawbale gardening, where to find bales, what kind of bales to get, how to set them up, and what fertilizers you’ll need to get started. It was super easy, we had the first stage of our garden done in a couple of hours. That includes the drive time to get the bales.

2. Map out Your Garden and Select your Produce
This tutorial shows your garden setup, the easy fertilization process, picking your vegetables, planning your garden layout, planting your vegetables, when to plant, and answers some gardening questions. I enjoyed this part of the gardening journey, it was so much fun planning out my garden, picking out the plants, and putting them in the garden.

3. Easy DIY Garden Plant Care
In this tutorial, I share some tips on what I do for easy do-it-yourself garden plant care. You’ll find instructions on how to get rid of weeds, how to get rid of bugs and which ones are good and bad, what things you might find growing in your garden, and if it’s safe or not.

4. Harvest Your Garden Vegetables
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to keep fertilizing your garden through the season, when, and how to harvest the vegetables you’re growing in your garden. This is one of the fun parts of gardening as you get to finally enjoy the benefits of putting the work into your garden.

5. The Actual Truth and Reality of Growing My Seasonal Garden
In this post, I share the actual truth of how my garden did. I break down what I bought and spent, as well as what I got out of my garden and the estimated output of my garden. I also go through the pros and cons of gardening.

6. Winterize A Garden, 6 Tips and Tricks You Need To Know
This tutorial talks about how to winterize your garden at the end of the season. It also share how to store some of those last vegetables coming out of the garden. How to prepare for the winter and get ready for next spring.
Garden 101 Videos
I have several of my videos on these tutorials and you can also find them on my YouTube Channel
- GARDENING WITH STRAW BALES SET UP VIDEO
- Vegetable Garden Ideas
- Easy DIY Garden Plant Care
- When To Harvest Your Garden Vegetables
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Love following along on your vegetable garden journey. I am really trying to learn more about growing veggies this year. I’m usually all about the flowers.
Thanks Kim, and I equally love learning about flower from you!