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What are some tips on starting a vegetable garden?

I am a beginner…and I really need a lot of information. If there are any great websites (user-friendly) on vegetable gardening…that would be GREAT!!!

Hey babeehopes4,

Be sure to turn over the soil, and amend it with some compost or miracle grow (if you like). For small gardens, the raised bed is the best for a beginner. This prevents you from walking on the roots of your young tender plants, as you would have to if you plant rows. It also allows you to establish a fluffy soil. Good growing soil is 25% Air!

The bes web site for a beginner is the Mother Earth site, but there are so many. Look for “raised bed garden” , and “garden beginner”.

Learn how to water – so you do not water too much or too little. This will be 80% of your problems if you do not do it right. Simple, on a raised bed – sprinkle as if raining, so that when a shiny layer of water appears on the bed you stop watering and count how long it takes to disappear. You should be watering so that it takes 3 – 5 seconds for that shiny layer to disappear.

Learn how to fertilize also. Do it sparingly. Learn how to remove pests (disease, non-beneficial bugs, animals, etc).

Smile as you garden! Happy Gardening.

Vegetable Gardening: Three Sisters Companion Planting

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Organic Broccoli Sprouting Seeds - 16 Oz (1 Lbs)- Organic- Edible Seed, Gardening, Hydroponics, Growing Salad Sprout & Food Storage- Brocolli Sprouts Contain Sulforaphane $19.95 These special sprouts provide a fresh and natural way to supplement your diet with sulforaphane, a phytochemical found in broccoli and related to tumor reduction according to John's Hopkins research....

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