Help me out with some good Vegetable gardening tips for this beginner!

Find out what grows well in your area, its no point growing say brussels sprouts if you are in a warm area, oter local gardeners should be able to help. Spend the winter getting the soil ready, dig in extra organic matter if needs be, and start simple, just a few crops that mature quickly (lettuce and radish are often good with children) so they can see what happens really fast. You could also grow mustard and cress for sandwiches inside on tissue paper now, so they get to see how the roots work and get excited by the idea. Have a great time, gardening with kids is so much fun!

i have been planting a garden for about six years now. my advice for you is, tomatoes are easy to grow, just dust them with bug dust and make sure they get plenty of sun. any kind of peppers are also easy to grow, except this year i had problems with my green peppers. my jalepeno and habaneros did awesome, i could keep up with picking them when they were ripe. i have never had much luck with cucumbers or onions. i don't know why. another great one is asparagus, you only have to plant it once and it grows back every year, just don't trim them. one last thing, fertilized soil, we raise sheep so we use sheep waste and till it into the soil. you can also start a composte pile now in the fall and winter.

I would also love to be able to help but I am definately still an amatuer with the occassional 'black thumb' too :p That's a lovely idea to get the kids involved. I browsed the nearest nursery the other day and found a huge selection of veg, fruit and herbs. I bought some (cheap) fertilizer and potting soil. You might have fun choosing plants with your children too - the nursery is a very colourful (and fragrant) place :) I am hoping that it's that easy :)

hmmmm..... vegitable gardening thats interesting

I have a huge garden. The best advice I have for you is to make sure your soil is right before you ever start. Most people try to just dig up some dirt and plant some seeds, but this usually ends in failure. Turn the soil at least once before the planting season and add manure/organic compost. Most gardening centers can provide you with this. Then turn it again before you plant to make sure the manure/compost is mixed. Water deeply before planting. Remember that water is the essential ingredient to life, but you can drown and or burn your plants. So water till the lower soil gets wet. Don't feel that you have to water every day. Over watering...meaning too often and not enough does more damage than good. Lots of sun helps most all veggies also.

Hello, I garden yearly and you can contact me anytime with specific questions...I highly suggest, depending on where you are gardening, to use raised beds!

i really want to help you. but i do not have the experience too. some tomato?