Are you fed up with hard labour for too few veg. in return?

Or do you just want some easier/smarter ways to grow vegetables?

Well this site is for you; packed with practical techniques, advice and tips to make it easy, saving effort and maximising success.

Vegetable gardening is a great way to; produce fresh local veg, reduce your shopping bill, exercise and unwind and have a fantastic hobby to enjoy outdoors.

This website was born from a desire to share my experiences and passion for growing vegetables with you. Information is provided on many labour saving techniques to make it easier for you to grow veg.

Five years experience of implementing combined ideas, techniques and tips with a professional knowledge of soils and their cultivation plus weed control practices have lead to the development of this easier approach.

The benefits I've seen from these new ways of vegetable gardening are numerous, such that many others wanted to learn how to;

• maximise return on their efforts
• garden despite backache
• fit in vegetable growing around a job/family
• spend just 30 minutes a day
• provide a regular supply of tasty fresh food
• cut the shopping bill
• be the envy of many

Learn how you too can enjoy these and other benefits.

Whether you are motivated to grow your own fresh tasty local vegetables, maximise productivity or your use of time, or minimise the effort and back ache that can be involved on more traditional vegetable plots, or a combination of these, then this website is here to share techniques to aid your success, ease and enjoyment. You will soon find even more pages of information to boost your success;

• use of containers
• no-dig and lo-dig systems
• vegetable specifics
• favourite recipes
• even greater depth of information
• ... and more ...

Have a look round and see what you can find ...

Vegetable gardening blog The vegetable gardening blog gives you the latest information and ideas as they appear on the easy-vegetable-gardening.com web site. Subscribe here.

Vegetable gardening tip of the month Get a free vegetable gardening tip each month from a successful gardener to help you (newcomer or established grower) do even better growing veg.

Easy Vegetable Gardening E-zine 'Easy vegetable gardening' is your monthly e-zine providing information and ideas through the season to make your life easier

Successful vegetable garden design Vegetable garden design and planning are the vital first steps to growing veg successfully

Planning a vegetable garden develops your design to fit your needs Find out how time spent planning a vegetable garden saves you time and effort later

Growing vegetables should be a pleasure Learn how growing vegetables can be a joy and how you can do it easily and with greatest reward through using these labour saving and production boosting techniques.

Planting a vegetable garden should be a joy Learn how to ensure you are planting a vegetable garden that will supply your needs for fresh vegetables over the year

Types of vegetables to suit your needs Ensure you choose different types of vegetables for best benefit to suit ...

Make healthy vegetables a part of your healthy lifestyle Find out how healthy vegetables make a major part of a balanced healthy diet - irresistable, tasty and full of nutrients and anti-oxidants.

Vegetable transplants Vegetable transplants - the easy way to start vegetables - purchased or home grown they provide an instant/ quick start outside.

Follow vegetable gardening planting times Find out the optimum Vegetable gardening planting times to maximise success in growing your vegetables

Allotment gardening is a great way to grow vegetables Allotment gardening: fresh food, exercise, rewarding, social and fun. This site provides the knowledge to make it easy to grow vegetables for your family

Bed vegetable gardening makes growing vegetables easier Use bed vegetable gardening to allow easy access, less work, less digging - great for those with back problems

Raised bed vegetable gardening makes veg growing easier Learn how raised bed vegetable gardening can help you if your soil is thin/ poorly drained or you have a bad back

Organic vegetable gardening Organic vegetable gardening for safe tasty local vegetables you can trust

Garden compost helps your soil and vegetables thrive Garden compost is an essential part of vegetable gardening as improves the soil and enables good plant growth. Learn the key elements of making good compost...

My vegetable garden Find out about and follow my progress in my vegetable garden through the year

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Find a good gardening book Explore my favourite gardening book recommendations for enjoyment, reference and inspiration

An allotment book can be a valuable guide to your successful work allotment Find an allotment book that suits your needs to help you allotment gardening

Build a compost pile To build a compost pile that makes great compost you need very little apart from space and materials as shown - but you do need the know how to make it work ...

How to make a compost bin cheaply and easily Learn how to make a compost bin - it's easy, almost free and you can learn how to make good compost by following the guidance given ...

How to make compost Learn how to make compost for free to improve your vegetable garden

Guidance on using compost Using compost is easy, but it is best to learn how to use it wisely ...

The best vegetables to grow What are the best vegetables to grow?: easy, suitable, enjoyable, productive, valuable - find out what I mean ...

Early vegetables Early vegetables bring the fresh taste of spring but, with conditions against you, can need careful choice and protection from the weather.

Easy vegetables are the place to start vegetable gardening It is best to start growing easy vegetables to build your confidence if you are new to vegetable gardening

Vegetable garden soil preparation Learn 6 ways to improve vegetable garden soil preparation that make it easier for you to grow great vegetables

Vegetable garden weed control vegetable garden weed control made easy - vital for your vegetables to flourish

Watering vegetables is easy - isn't it? You would have thought watering vegetables was the easy bit - can't go wrong - but that is just the problem - it is EASY to water badly

How to plant vegetables for greatest success It is important to know how to plant vegetables as to get it wrong wastes times and money and even the chance of a crop that season. Find out how you can maximise success.

When to plant vegetables for best results The all important question of when to plant vegetables is best answered by saying it all depends on ...

Vegetable garden paths provide easy access to your plot Use vegetable garden paths to minimise effort and aid access to your vegetables, see the various options to chose from

Raised bed vegetable garden - an easy way to grow veg Find out how a raised bed vegetable garden solves many issues to make growing veg easier and even more productive

The vegetable garden layout you choose is a key part of the design process Find a vegetable garden layout that fits your needs and that of your site.

Vegetable garden soil ideally has a crumbly structure and is well drained Ensuring your vegetable garden soil is at its best is the foundation to successful production of vegetables

Vegetable rotation for healthy production Find out why a vegetable rotation is critical to growing productive veg crops

Vegetable gardening book suggestions A good vegetable gardening book is an essential reference for successful vegetable gardening, find one that suits you ...

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