July is the time to start enjoying your vegetable harvest!

I hope you all are enjoying a bountiful vegetable garden.

I decided to experiment with my container vegetable gardening this year. I have planted broccoli, cabbage, peas, lettuce, mizuna, arugula, tomatoes, Swiss chard and herbs.

I have been enjoying lettuce mizuna and arugula in salads and sandwiches. My snow peas are crisp and oh so good! I picked some cherry tomatoes the last few days and they were sweet and very tasty. My broccoli is starting to form the head and is about 2 inches round. It is looking really nice and green. The cabbage is starting to form.

I am growing all this in a few pots on a small second floor balcony. The patio faces west and gets sun from about 11 am until the sun sets. It can be very hot but the vegetable plants seem to love it.

I have been making compost tea and feeding the soil in the containers with this.

All you need is a tiny little corner on your patio or balcony to enjoy some fresh tasty veggies of your own.

For more information on container gardening, making compost tea and lots more vegetable gardening tips and information check out the pages below.

Happy Gardening, your-vegetable-gardening-helper.com

Vegetable Crop Rotation - what is it?

Crop Rotation - what is it and how do you do it?

Making compost - easy steps to follow.

Follow my easy steps to making compost in your backyard.

Learn how to compost.

Basic information on how to compost in your own backyard.

Relaxation techniques after working in your vegetable garden.

I use music as one of my relaxation techniques.

Companion Planting - how it benefits your vegetable garden.

Vegetable companion planting - learn the benefits for pest control.

Vegetable garden pest control - learn the strategies that work for me.

Learn my strategies for simple and easy vegetable garden pest control.

Disease - My tips for controlling disease in your vegetable garden.

Disease Control - Learn some easy tips to help keep your vegetable garden disease free.

Insect Pest Control - My tips for controlling insects in your vegetable garden.

Insect Pest Control - Learn some easy tips to help keep your vegetable garden free of harmful insects.

Pest Control - My tips for controlling pests in your vegetable garden.

Pest Control - Learn some easy tips to help keep your vegetable garden free of pests.

Slugs - what can I do about them?

Slugs - learn how I control them in my vegetable garden.

Organic fertilizer tea - How is this good for your vegetable garden?

Organic fertilizer tea - How to you make and use it?