Plant some sweet or hot peppers from seed or pot some plants from your garden in late summer and bring them inside.
Grow your own vegetable garden.
Container vegetable gardening you can grow a whole garden on your back patio even if you don t have a big yard.
This first year of your garden consider growing easy vegetables that typically taste better homegrown than store bought such as peas snap beans and some salad greens.
Here are just a few of them.
And victory gardens also known as war gardens since they popped up.
Good for small spaces.
As a cook nurturing your own vegetables is the perfect way to seize control over your ingredients.
A good size for a beginner s vegetable garden is 10x10 feet about the size of a small bedroom.
You might not get a huge harvest but they will fruit.
You ll get plenty of fresh produce for your summer meals and it will be easy to keep up with the chores.
Why grow your own.
Hot peppers will need at least 10 hours of light each day.
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Select up to five types of vegetables to grow and plant a few of each type.
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Use a container that is at least 8 inches tall.
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