Front Yard Vegetable Garden: How To Plant and Grow Food

Learn how to grow a vegetable garden in your front yard (if it is legal). Growing your own food on your own land give you freedom, independence, and self-sufficiency. This is a guide to start a vegetable garden in your front yard using organic gardening principles -- saving your time, money, and labor! This gardening guide starts at improving the soil and will cover every step you need to take for starting your vegetable garden. 

Check your local, City, and State laws

Before you begin, check  your city ordinances, state laws, and property zoning regulations for installing a vegetable garden in your front yard. Unfortunately, growing your own food on your property may be illegal. Some communities and HOA's restrict the amount of non-lawn space they allow in front yards while others do not permit front yard gardens at all! 

IMPROVE THE SOIL
​The first step to start a vegetable garden is to improve the soil. Most importantly, do not till the soil! Tilling the ground is the most destructive thing you can do since tilling causes soil erosion and loss of soil diversity resulting in sterile soil that required more input. Instead, use a no-dig gardening technique that dramatically improves the health of the soil and environment. Once you pick a sunny area for your garden plot, layer the following material in this order: 
HOW TO START A VEGETABLE GARDEN

1. Apply at least 3-4 sheets of newspaper. 
2. Apply at least 3-4 inches of organic compost. 
3. Apply at least  3-4 inches of wood chips as a mulch on your garden. 
4. Apply a dusting of composted animal manure as a natural fertilizer on top of your garden as needed throughout the growing season. Do not add chemical fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides!
5. DO NOT TILL THE SOIL! All of the materials you used to mulch your garden plot are biodegradable and will immediately begin to decompose, breaking down into nutrient-rich soil. 
6. Make sure your garden plot is always mulched! Mulch provides a protective covering on top of your soil that helps retain moisture which reduces watering, weeding, and work. Wood chips also decompose into rich soil overtime. Sign up for a free delivery of wood chips today!

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