Comments on: Can you help me start my vegetable garden? http://www.organic.homeandgardendiva.com/organic-gardening-tips/can-you-help-me-start-my-vegetable-garden How to garden organically Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:24:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lola http://www.organic.homeandgardendiva.com/organic-gardening-tips/can-you-help-me-start-my-vegetable-garden/comment-page-1#comment-1447 Lola Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:51:59 +0000 http://www.organic.homeandgardendiva.com/organic-gardening-tips/can-you-help-me-start-my-vegetable-garden#comment-1447 For most people, going organic is satisfied with avoiding chemicals like bug sprays, and using natural soil enhancements (compost). That is not only easy, but a bit cheaper. The best advice I can give you is to go to the library and get a few books on gardening. Pictures can help so much. For next steps with your soil, you could till, you could hoe, you could double dig. There are different reasonings for any of the three. I would start with plants you like to eat, for your garden veggies, and definitely skip those you don't. Go to your local garden center and wander. Ask questions, and read the plant tags (spacing and amounts of sun). Ask what seeds they would suggest you plant (probably a row or two of beans. Add some marigolds around the edges to pretty it up, and as a natural pest deterrent. And get some chicken wire fencing and stakes to surround the garden, to keep out bunnies and the like.<br><b>References : </b><br> For most people, going organic is satisfied with avoiding chemicals like bug sprays, and using natural soil enhancements (compost). That is not only easy, but a bit cheaper.

The best advice I can give you is to go to the library and get a few books on gardening. Pictures can help so much.

For next steps with your soil, you could till, you could hoe, you could double dig. There are different reasonings for any of the three.

I would start with plants you like to eat, for your garden veggies, and definitely skip those you don't. Go to your local garden center and wander. Ask questions, and read the plant tags (spacing and amounts of sun). Ask what seeds they would suggest you plant (probably a row or two of beans.

Add some marigolds around the edges to pretty it up, and as a natural pest deterrent. And get some chicken wire fencing and stakes to surround the garden, to keep out bunnies and the like.
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