Growing vegetables in your own garden and watching small seedlings grow into crunchy radishes, carrots or kohlrabi is not just fascinating for children. But mixed culture, crop rotation and seemingly complicated care deter many beginners. With a little planning and our vegetable varieties with “growth guarantee”, the vegetable patch you plant for the first time is guaranteed to be a tasty success.
Which types of vegetables are ideal for beginners in the vegetable patch?
The following easy-care varieties are suitable for a beginner vegetable patch: radishes, carrots, lettuce, bush beans, tomatoes, chard and herbs such as thyme, marjoram, savory and chives. Strawberries that are easy to cultivate are ideal as a fruit supplement.
Creating a vegetable patch correctly
Simply dig up a corner of the garden and sow - unfortunately this doesn't work.
The right location for the vegetable patch, which initially shouldn't be too large, is a sunny corner. Prepare this in the fall:
- Drop the lawn.
- Dig up and remove all weeds and their roots.
- Improve soil with a little compost and sand for heavy soils.
If you first want to try out whether growing vegetables suits you, you can do without edging the vegetable bed.
Which vegetables are suitable?
When it comes to vegetable plants, you prefer to use tried and tested varieties. These require a minimum of care and still thrive well:
| Art | Information |
|---|---|
| Radish | Can be sown at any time and grow very quickly. The first harvest can take place after just two to three weeks. |
| Carrots | Various varieties, also in unusual colors, enrich the raw food plate. The only thing to note is that the soil must be loosened well before sowing. Carrots are ready to harvest after just one month. |
| Salads | Plucking lettuce varieties that do not form heads are good for beginners. The only thing you should pay attention to is snails, because they love the delicate green. |
| Beans | Bush beans grow quickly and offer an early harvest. Beans that climb need a support (€17.00 on Amazon) and therefore become a visual highlight of the vegetable patch. |
| Tomatoes | Home-grown, these are much tastier than those from the shops. There are now many disease-free varieties that can be easily cultivated in beds or pots. |
| Chard | A vegetable that is very fashionable again. You can harvest the first leaves after about two months. Chard will sprout again until winter, so you can remove the leaves a second time. |
| Spices | Thyme, marjoram, chervil, savory, chives and parsley: what would a vegetable garden be without these herbs. They require almost no care and impress with their intense aroma. |
| Strawberries | These are extremely easy to cultivate. If they are allowed to ripen in peace, they develop a wonderful taste. They not only fit on the fruit plate, but also complement the home-grown salads. |
Tip
Don't just plan the size of the vegetable patch based on the people who live in your household. A vegetable bed requires a lot of work: it has to be watered, weeded, harvested and the food has to be processed promptly. As a rule of thumb: For every ten square meters of bed area you need to calculate around thirty minutes of work per week.