Ever since I was young, growing vegetables from seeds has been one of my favorite hobbies. I would love to help my mom growing vegetable gardens on Sundays, and stroll around them with my dad on weekday afternoons. I love the smell of a growing vegetable, the feel of its skin as it ripens, and the way its vines entwine. Most of all, however, I love the taste of a homegrown vegetable. Cooking with food that you grew yourself is like nothing else on earth. You won't believe it until you try it, but trust me: it really does taste better.
Growing tomato plants above all is my favorite. There are many good growing vegetable species, but tomatoes are the best. The reason is that you usually miss out on the flavor of tomatoes if you don't grow them yourself. You see, the tomatoes that you buy in stores are usually bred for their heartiness and longevity. They are nearly flavorless compared to good heirloom tomato plants, but they will last for weeks at a time. When you have tomato plants grow, you can eat them at their ripest. You get the full flavor of the real homegrown tomato, a flavor that is much better than anything you can buy out of the store.
Of course, vegetable garden planting is not all eating and enjoying the fruits of your labor. There is plenty to do in the meantime. Each growing vegetable needs to be carefully tended to, and some of them can be very temperamental! If you are growing vegetables outside, you need to watch out for bugs, slugs, and other pests. There are even diseases that can get some of your vegetables if you are unlucky. Nonetheless, If you keep good track of the planting dates for vegetables, make sure to tend to them every day, and water everything appropriately, it is unlikely that anything serious will go wrong. Even your first time, you will probably get a wonderful yield.
Of course, a growing vegetable garden needs to have a diverse crop. Not only should you plant a variety of different species, but you should also plans different strains of the same species. For example, if you are growing tomatoes, you should get a variety pack so that you can find out which ones you like the best. This will also make it easier for your vegetables growing to survive any insect infestation or disease that comes their way.
