Throwback Thursday: A Pizza Garden Project to Grow Your Favorite Toppings

Everyone, welcome back to Throwback Thursday here on HGTV Handmade! Who here likes pizza? Everyone, everyone, you better have your hand up. Okay, so now who remembers that time the government said pizza was a vegetable? Well, that may have been a technicality and a little bit of wishful thinking. But today we're gonna learn how to plant a garden inspired by a pizza, so that you can have fresh toppings any time you want and feel good about eating your piece of pizza because you grew those toppings.

Let's check it out! Here's a gardening project that uses a favorite kid's food - it's a pizza garden. You create by planting lots of yummy ingredients that you'd find on a pizza. Start by prepping the garden space, have some fun and lay it out in the shape of a pizza. Make sure it's at least 5 feet around and mix in some complete organic compost too rich in the soil. Read the tags on your seedlings so you know how much space you need between plants.

Now, lay out the plants in each slice of the pizza. Bell peppers go in one slice, Roma tomatoes in another, spread herbs like parsley, rosemary, chives, and basil about a foot apart in the remaining pieces of the pie as they grow they'll fill in the remaining space. As they grow, they'll fill in the remaining space now start planning putting each plant in the soil at the same depth as they were in their pots. Plant the Roma tomatoes a little bit deeper in the soil so they'll develop a healthy root system and plant them about two feet apart because tomato plants do grow to be quite large.

Add a three-inch layer of compost or mulch around the tomato base to help stop evaporation, each tomato plant will need about one quart of water every day for the first week and be sure to water your tomatoes down at the root not the foliage that'll protect the leaves from disease. Water the rest of your pizza garden until all the soil is moist, your bell peppers and herbs need less water if the soil is dry one inch below the surface it's time to water again. Expect to water your pizza garden two to three times a week depending on your climate.

Tomatoes will take up to 60 days to bear fruit, you'll be able to sprinkle fresh herbs on that homemade pizza much sooner. Look for mature leaves and cut sprigs from the main plants with garden scissors then it's time for your family to wash top and top your pizza from your own garden. I am so jealous of anyone who has a backyard big enough where they could make that, because here in this apartment we have zero outdoor space.

But let me know in the comments if you've ever done anything similar or if you are gardening anything this spring whether it's vegetables or flowers or whatever else. So thank you guys so much for tuning in to HGTV Handmade and I will see you all again next week, everyone!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi everyone and welcome back to throwback Thursday here on HGTV handmade so who here likes pizza everyone everyone you better have your hand up okay so now who remembers that time that the government said pizza was a vegetable well that may have finished like technicality and a little bit of wishful thinking but today we're gonna learn how to plant a garden inspired by a pizza so that you can have fresh toppings any time you want and you can feel good about eating your piece of pizza because you grew those toppings so good on you all right let's check it out here's a gardening project that uses a favorite kids food it's a pizza garden you create by planting lots of yummy ingredients that you'd find on a pizza start by prepping the garden space have some fun and lay it out in the shape of a pizza make sure it's at least 5 feet around and mix in some complete organic compost too rich in the soil read the tags on your seedlings so you know how much space you need between plants now lay out the plants in each slice of the pizza bell peppers go in one slice roma tomatoes in another spread herbs like parsley rosemary chives and basil about a foot apart in the remaining pieces of the pie as they grow they'll fill in the remaining space now start planning putting each plant in the soil at the same depth as they were in their pots plant the Roma tomatoes a little bit deeper in the soil so they'll develop a healthy root system and plant them about two feet apart because tomato plants do grow to be quite large add a three inch layer of compost or mulch around the tomato base to help stop evaporation each tomato plant will need about one quart of water every day for the first week and be sure to water your Tomatoes down at the root not the foliage that'll protect the leaves from disease water the rest of your pizza garden until all the soil is moist your bell peppers and herbs need less water if the soil is dry one inch below the surface it's time to water again expect to water your pizza garden two to three times a week depending on your climate Tomatoes will take up to 60 days to bear fruit you'll be able to sprinkle fresh herbs on that homemade pizza much sooner look for mature leaves and cut sprigs from the main plants with garden scissors then it's time for your family to wash top and top your pizza from your own garden I am so jealous of anyone who has a backyard big enough where they could make that because here in this apartment we have zero outdoor space but let me know in the comments if you've ever done anything similar or if you are gardening anything this spring whether it's vegetables or flowers or whatever else so thank you guys so much for tuning in to HG TV handmade and I will see you all again next week everyonehi everyone and welcome back to throwback Thursday here on HGTV handmade so who here likes pizza everyone everyone you better have your hand up okay so now who remembers that time that the government said pizza was a vegetable well that may have finished like technicality and a little bit of wishful thinking but today we're gonna learn how to plant a garden inspired by a pizza so that you can have fresh toppings any time you want and you can feel good about eating your piece of pizza because you grew those toppings so good on you all right let's check it out here's a gardening project that uses a favorite kids food it's a pizza garden you create by planting lots of yummy ingredients that you'd find on a pizza start by prepping the garden space have some fun and lay it out in the shape of a pizza make sure it's at least 5 feet around and mix in some complete organic compost too rich in the soil read the tags on your seedlings so you know how much space you need between plants now lay out the plants in each slice of the pizza bell peppers go in one slice roma tomatoes in another spread herbs like parsley rosemary chives and basil about a foot apart in the remaining pieces of the pie as they grow they'll fill in the remaining space now start planning putting each plant in the soil at the same depth as they were in their pots plant the Roma tomatoes a little bit deeper in the soil so they'll develop a healthy root system and plant them about two feet apart because tomato plants do grow to be quite large add a three inch layer of compost or mulch around the tomato base to help stop evaporation each tomato plant will need about one quart of water every day for the first week and be sure to water your Tomatoes down at the root not the foliage that'll protect the leaves from disease water the rest of your pizza garden until all the soil is moist your bell peppers and herbs need less water if the soil is dry one inch below the surface it's time to water again expect to water your pizza garden two to three times a week depending on your climate Tomatoes will take up to 60 days to bear fruit you'll be able to sprinkle fresh herbs on that homemade pizza much sooner look for mature leaves and cut sprigs from the main plants with garden scissors then it's time for your family to wash top and top your pizza from your own garden I am so jealous of anyone who has a backyard big enough where they could make that because here in this apartment we have zero outdoor space but let me know in the comments if you've ever done anything similar or if you are gardening anything this spring whether it's vegetables or flowers or whatever else so thank you guys so much for tuning in to HG TV handmade and I will see you all again next week everyone\n"