While many are intrigued by the idea of growing vegetables at home, the care and maintenance required can be a turn off. Finding or remember the joy of past seasons can help you avoid being overwhelmed by weeds or losing the drive get out into the dirt.
Candace Page, a contributor to the Savovore Section of the Burlington Free Press, said she lost her desire to garden until she attended a workshop with Julie Rubaud from Red Wagon Plants in Hinesburg.
“Her primary message was gardening does not have to be a chore,” Page said. “It does not have to be something overwhelming where you think ‘Oh god, today I gotta go out and plant the garden for the summer.’”
Page said Rubaud recommends starting a kitchen garden, which is a small gardens right outside your door where you plant a few vegetables you’d want on a regular basis.
You can learn more about kitchen gardens in Page’s piece Kitchen Gardening For Those Who Love To Cook.
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