Vegetable Gardening Is A Grand Hobby

The history of man practicing horticulture goes back around 11,000 years. The Chinese were growing rice about 9500 B.C. Down through the ages there are accounts of man growing plants for food.

Vegetable gardening has traditionally been done in long straight rows which made for easy cultivating and harvesting. Now, with the abundance of houses and apartments in the urban areas of the country other designs are becoming more prevalent. Three to four foot beds have been more common. These beds can be flat, raised or sunken. Of course, vegetables can be grown in containers and in hydroponics systems.

There are basically two types of vegetable seeds, hybrid seeds and open-pollinated non-hybrid seeds. Hybrid seeds have been genetically altered to improve one or more characteristics of the vegetables. These seeds will not produce seed that can be used for planting. Open pollinated non-hybrid seed will produce seed for the next planting season.

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