How to start gardening for the first time

You've finally bought your first house and have a small backyard. You want to start a small vegetable garden but have no experience or friends to help you. What do you do?

1. Start with herbs

Herbs are easy to grow. They don't take up a lot of space and they are useful.

2. Parsley, cilantro, mint, rosemary, sage, thyme

3. Peppers

Also easy to grow and you can eat them raw or cook them.

4. Lettuce and Kale

Both take up a little more space but worth it because they are healthy.

5. Tomatoes and Cucumbers

Both take up a lot of space so make sure you have the room for these two plants before starting with them.

6. Don't start with beets or potatoes or carrots (they take up a lot of space). But...

you can buy small "seedlings" (like at Home Depot) and plant those in your garden. They will grow fast enough that you will get some vegetables this year even if you just planted today.

Eyegor