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Spring has sprung: garden essentials for beginners
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items There's nothing more satisfying then being able to cook with stuff grown right outside your door. Here's some beginner gardening essentials to start your green thumb journey!
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Inspiration
Easy vegetables to grow
Easy fruits to grow
Easy herbs to grow
Flowers
Garden Accessories
Inspiration
Heres some inspiration of layoutsOf gardens I would consider practical and cute.
Garden box inspiration suitable for inside and outside use. Compact enough but still efficient.
13 Raised Bed Ideas for Balcony Gardeners
Out door or indoor garden boxes that will keep your growings separate but still in a confined space.
Outsunny 4PCS Raised Garden Bed, Wooden Elevated
Trendy wheel barrel garden, this is a personal favorite of mine as I have been scouring facebook market place so I can create one myself.
Wheel Barrow Flower Planter
Trendy garden cart. From booze to bluberrys who needs a bar cart when you can have a garden cart.
Arlmont & Co. Antique Solid Wood Decor Display Rack Cart Wood Plant Stands With Wheels For Decor Display | 2 Wheeled Wood Wagon With Shelves For Plants And More | Wayfair
Personalize your garden with a quick craft. I think personalized crafts make a space unique to you and this is a perfect on to keep your garden organized and adorable.
7 DIY garden crafts to put a spring in your backyard's step
Cool ladder inspired vegetable garden. Ladders can be found on facebook market place for cheap, and I think it has the cutest vintage vibe.
24 Best Ladder Herb Garden Ideas
Wall vegetable garden for small spaces. A garden doesn't have to be all consuming to your space this simple wall idea will have you growing herbs for your meals in a space as compact as a wall.
6 Garden Ideas for Small Spaces and Maximum Yields
Easy vegetables to grow
After doing some research these were the most common vegetables to grow.
Cucumbers are a great first vegetable to get into gardening with. They are easy to grow and they grow lots of cucumbers per plant .
50 Straight Eight Cucumber Seeds - Heirloom Non-GMO
Is it really a garden without tomato's. Tomato's are consistently ranked at the top of easiest vegetables to grow lists.
250 Cherry Tomato Seeds Large | Non-GMO
Add some spice to your life with some easy to grow peppers.
Gardeners Basics, Pepper Seeds 8 Varieties Pack
Lettuce is easy to grow and with the wide variety you can make what ever salad of your choosing.
Gardeners Basics Salad Greens Lettuce Seeds
Squash and zucchini are notoriously easy to grow and when they do they grow in a surplus.
Gardeners Basics, Squash Seeds 5 Packets - Non GMO
Onions are so versatile in cooking and are easy to grow!
HOME GROWN 8 Onion Seeds - 1600 Heirloom Seeds
Green beans are the perfect way to cook side dish, so why not grow them yourself.
Sow Right Seeds - Contender Bush Bean Seeds
Snow peas are a perfect on the go snack.
Dwarf Snow Pea Seeds - Heirloom, Non GMO
Everyone loves potatoes, why not grow them.
Red Pontiac Seed Potatos for Planting (2 Pounds)
Carrots are a great summer snack and they're easy to grow!
Gardeners Basics Carrot Seeds 5 Variety Pack
Easy fruits to grow
When looking at beginner plants to grow these were a few of the most common fruits that popped up.
Strawberry's are a summer essential, why not grow them in your backyard.
MOCCUROD Wild Strawberry 250 Seeds Heirloom
Blueberry are such a tummy snack, they can be used for jams yogurt toppings or just alone.
500+ Blueberry Bush Seeds - Non GMO
Berrys are so refreshing in the summer, growing your own will have you having access to a delish treat whenever you would like.
200+ Red Raspberry Seeds Fruit Plants Bonsai
Watermelon from my experience are supper easy to grow. I remember when I was little spitting the seeds out and the yard and wondering why a water Mellon plant popped up a few weeks later.
Gardeners Basics, Crimson Sweet Watermelon Seeds
Easy herbs to grow
Herbs seem to be the one thing I always forget at the grocery. Well now you'll never have to make a second grocery run to replace them since you can go to your back yard and grow your own.
Basil is so yummy with any kind of Italian food. You can even try your hand at making homemade pesto!
Sow Right Seeds - Genovese Sweet Basil Seed
Some mint in a morning tea is so cleansing and refreshing, try growing some in your own backyard.
Sow Right Seeds - Mint Seed for Planting
Thyme is my favorite herb to cook a steak with. Try growing some with the thyme seeds bellow.
Organic English Thyme Seeds – Two Packets
Parsley is an amazing topper to a dish, it adds a elegant look with a yummy finsish.
Gardeners Basics, Italian Flat Leaf Parsley Seeds
Sage has an earthy scent to it, even an indoor pot can give you that natural edible aroma.
Sow Right Seeds - Sage Seeds for Planting
Chives can go on anything. They are so versatile.
Seed Needs, Garlic Chives Seeds - 400 Heirloom
Cilantro would be a perfect addition to homemade guacamole. It also makes an elegant garnish.
HOME GROWN 500+ Cilantro Seeds - Heirloom, Non-GMO
Flowers
I looked up and compiled a few flowers people consider “Cant-Kill” flowers.
Beautiful iris have a deep violet color that will add a pop to your gardening space.
Siberian Iris 'Silver Edge' Plant Division
Portulaca flowers are supper tough and can withstand a lot. They also come in a variety of colors making them versatile.
Moss Rose Seeds, 10000 Portulaca Grandiflora
Catmint is the cousin to catnip ( although less fragrant so you dont have to worry about feline friends showing up)It also is one of buterflys favorite flowers.
Outsidepride 1000 Seeds Nepeta Mussinii Catmint
Here comes the sun do do do do, sunflowers are a great beginner gardener flower.
NatureZ Edge 1300+ Sunflower Seeds Variety Pack
Zinnias are vibrant and easy to grow. They also come in a variety of colors.
NatureZ Edge Giant Zinnia Seeds, 1 Ounce, 4000+
Pansies are a very popular flower that I see in everyones front yard. They also happen to be very easy to grow from seeds.
Outsidepride 5000 Seeds Viola Johnny Jump Up
Garden Accessories
My favorite part about creating anything is the details that make it personal. Heres some cute additions to add to a garden to add a personal flaire.
I think fairy lights make everything better and this watering can is so stinking cute.
TEDOF Solar Watering Can Lights, Garden Decor
These artificial glowing flowers will blend right in to a real garden. They also will make you growings visible at night so you can have 24 hour enjoyment.
Solar Garden Lights, 4 Pack Swaying Bee Lights
I it really a garden without a garden gnome. This one blowing a bubble is adorable.
VAINECHAY Garden Gnomes Statues with Solar Light
Highland cows and gnomes who knew this was a combo I now need in my life.
Joint Honglin Garden Gnome on Highland Cow
More glowing flowers that will no longer limit you garden to a daylight time event.
Ouddy Decor 4 Pack Solar Flowers Outdoor Lights
Some more cute critters looking for a garden to call home.
Cute Frog Face Turtles with Solar Lights Statue
customizable stones for your garden to add a personal touch.
Grandma's Bee Happy Personalized Garden Stone
Cute little gardian angels made to look after your garden.
Voveexy Solar Garden Angel Figurine, Waterproof
Live out you little girl fantasies by turning your garden into a fairy garden.
Poen 50 Pcs Solar Garden Miniatures Light Up House