Harvest Fresh Vegetables for Several Months

Backgrounder

If you grow garden vegetables, then you know that gardening is a good way to save money and supply nutritious food for your family.

Many garden vegetables can be planted over a period of two to three months. If you sow your seeds a few at a time over those months, you can harvest the vegetables for a longer time. Also, there is less chance that a whole crop will spoil or be destroyed by insects. That’s because when the insects come to attack the crop, only a few of the plants will be the right size for them to eat.

Let me give you an example. Let’s say you are planning to plant spinach in your garden. This year, instead of putting all the seeds in the ground at one time, try planting a few seeds at a time. So, for the first week, plant only one or two rows of spinach. Again, in the second week, plant one or two more rows. Do this each week for a few weeks.

The different rows will be ready to harvest at different times, so you will have fresh spinach available over a longer period of time. If the weather conditions are right you might find that you have fresh spinach to eat for a few months of the year.

The benefits of planting vegetables in this way are easy to see. I’ll say them again.
You can harvest fresh vegetables for a longer time. It is best to eat vegetables fresh because they lose nutrients in storage. And there is much less chance that the whole crop will be destroyed by insects or disease.

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