Amber's Garden | Kid's Vegetable Gardens | Ready to Plant Kid's Vegetable Garden Mats




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    Who we are – Inspired by my daughter, Amber’s Garden, Ready-to-Plant Gardens was created to enhance the outdoor living experience with ready to plant vegetable and other gardens. Our gardens are also a great lifestyle fit for busy people and those who have limited space, the gardens can also be cut to fit into containers.

     
    We strive to increase awareness for children about the impact they have on the earth and help them understand where their food comes from. Educating kids about the importance of recycling, conservation and the reduction of waste creates an environment ripe for you to teach them by activities such as gardening, cooking and learning how to eat healthy. Children will learn responsibility and patience while having fun.
     
    What we do - Amber’s Garden has created a line of Ready-to-Plant gardens that take the guesswork out of seed spacing, seed depth and when to plant. We still want kids to dig in the dirt, and in preparing the soil and covering the seed mats they will do that. Our experience has shown when kids plant seeds, they are planted too deep/shallow and too close/far apart; which results in failure to germinate and they feel sense of disappointment.
     
    The gardens take the guesswork out of seed spacing, seed depth and when to plant. Our seed mats contain a good variety of vegetable seeds, properly spaced with similar depth requirements to ensure your children have a successful gardening experience.
     
    How that benefits you - We save you time and money with our Ready-to-Plant Gardens, you no longer need to go to the garden center and try to figure out what to plant and how much to buy to cover the area you have available. Simply choose the gardens that fit your space.
     
    Amber’s Garden has compact sized vegetables in many of our gardens so you can enjoy your harvest sooner!
     

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    Asian Garden Large

    This will be one of our most popular gardens for spring contains edamame, snow pea, asian radish, pak choi and oriental cucumber. The lines between each vegetable type enable you to cut it and put each section in a different place.

    Plant mid spring to mid summer, check your areas hardiness zone. Seed mat is 6 feet x 14 inches.
     


     

    Asian Garden Small

    Our small Asian Garden fits perfectly into a container - edamame, snow pea and oriental cucumber. The lines between each vegetable type enable you to cut it and plant each section in a different place.

    Plant mid spring to mid summer, check your areas hardiness zone. Seed mat is an 18 inch circle.
     


     

    Herb Garden

    We have selected some of the most used savory herbs for your garden. Easy to plant and grow, you should have many wonderful meals seasoned with your fresh herbs. Contains Basil, Oregano, Cilantro and Thyme. Plant year around in mild climates.

    Seed mat is 8in x 24 in, you can cut the mat into sections and plant each herb seperately if you'd like.


     

    Pumpkin Patch

    Plant by mid summer for fall harvest, this compact size fits in a large pot on your patio or balcony; seed mat is 18 inches in diameter. Please see the activities section of our website for how to harvest, cure and roast your pumpkin seeds.



    Plant by mid summer for fall harvest - check your areas hardiness zone. Seed mat is 18 inches in diameter.
     


     

    Rainbow Crop Garden

    Special request from my daughter, Amber. The Rainbow Root veggie garden was her idea. Two types of beets, two types of carrot and turnip.

    Plant mid spring to mid summer, check your areas hardiness zone. Seed mat is 6 feet x 14 inches.
     


     

    Salad Garden

    Amber's Garden has taken extra measures to ensure you have fun with growing your own vegetables by selecting the hardiest seeds with high germination rates and faster maturity. Seed mat contains radishes, snow peas, carrots, tomatoes, and spring mix lettuce. Our garden can be cut into sections and planted in containers, there is nothing like growing and harvesting something we can eat fresh.

    Plant early spring to early summer and again in early fall, check your areas hardiness zone. Seed mat is 6 feet x 14 inches.
     


     

    Salsa Garden Large

    Larger version of one of our hottest sellers is more of a good thing! Contains tomato, green onion, cilantro, chili and radish. The lines between each vegetable type enable you to cut it and put each section in a different place.

    Plant mid spring to mid summer, check your areas hardiness zone. Seed mat is 6 feet x 14 inches.
     


     

    Salsa Garden Small

    This is a favorite; rich tomatoes, spicy chili peppers and fragrant Cilantro! Seed mat is 18 inches in diameter and fits perfectly in a pot on your patio. Plant mid spring to late summer.


     


     

    Summer Crop Garden

    Our Summer Crop garden has corn, beans, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, basil and rosemary. Amber's Garden has taken extra measures to ensure you have fun with growing your own vegetables by selecting the hardiest seeds with high germination rates and faster maturity. Check your area's hardiness zone for the best time to plant, this is a warm season garden.

    Area covered 6ft x 14 in, mat can be cut into sections between the vegetables and planted in containers.




Summer Crop Garden

Our Summer Crop garden has corn, beans, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, basil and rosemary. Amber's Garden has taken extra measures to ensure you have fun with growing your own vegetables by selecting the hardiest seeds with high germination rates and faster maturity. Check your area's hardiness zone for the best time to plant, this is a warm season garden.

Area covered 6ft x 14 in, mat can be cut into sections between the vegetables and planted in containers.



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Each mat comes with seeds already spaced, enveloped in a material called Raylene made of plant fiber and burlap that is 100% biodegradable and acts as a weed barrier for the first 8-10 weeks. Gardeners simply roll out mats in a sunny spot of amended garden soil, cover with top soil, and water according to package directions.

Beginning Gardeners - Growing Lettuce and Radishes for Fresh Salads

Beginning Gardeners - Growing Lettuce and Radishes for Fresh Salads

Author: Jon Ruppel

Beginning gardeners are on the lookout for crops that are easy to grow, can be grown without a lot of effort, and will yield a harvest in a relatively short time.  No one wants to wait months to see the results from their garden the first time you try it.  Here's some ideas that you can start with while there is still frost on the ground in the morning, and will have you eating fresh salad fixings while the morning air is still crisp.

In addition, a great way to begin gardening is to start with a container garden, which can be put about anywhere like a patio or balcony, and doesn't require a lot of tilling or soil preparation.  A container garden will let you put a garden where the sun fits the needs of the vegetables, not just the requirements of your landscape scheme.

2 crops that fit this description are radishes and lettuce.  If you plant the 2 of these, you can harvest your own garden.  There are 4 main types of lettuce you can grow, but for a beginner leaf lettuce in particular is easy to grow.

Both lettuce and radishes tolerate the cool weather well.  You can start them up to 4 weeks before the last frost date in your area, and they can both withstand some light frost conditions, so a late frost won't ruin your crops, yet you can get the jump on spring planting.

Even though it's a root crop, radishes have a relatively shallow root system, and lettuce does as well, so a container with a soil depth of 8 to 10 inches can successfully grow these crops.  Or if you are preparing a fresh plot of your yard for gardening you don't have to dig a large area or dig that deep.  Both can be planted in wide rows or using the square foot gardening approach, so you can start with relatively little space.

Both are relatively light feeders and will do well in marginal soils, so adding a slow release fertilizer at planting time is about all that's needed, and neither has a real problem with pests or diseases.

Radishes can be harvested in as little as 25 days after planting, and lettuce as soon as 45 days, depending on the variety.  With leave lettuce the plant will continue to grow even as you are harvesting it, so you don't have just the one head of lettuce and then you are done.

Either of these will do well with partial shade, needing only about 5 to 6 hours of sunlight a day, so the side of a building that's shaded part of the day can work well.  The biggest problem with both these crops is that they don't do well in summer heat, especially in the south, but in other areas you can stagger the plantings and harvest your bounty for months.


Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/gardening-articles/beginning-gardeners-growing-lettuce-and-radishes-for-fresh-salads-826378.html


About the Author

To learn more about beginner gardening ideas, including some tips on how to grow lettuce or growing radishes, go to http://howtogardenguide.com


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