Best Advice For Those New to Gardening

1. Ask yourself if you will tend a garden plot.  Will I have time to water and weed?
2. Start small.  It’s best to start out with a few pots or maybe one bed.
3. Starting with these vegetables from seed can be very rewarding:  carrots, lettuce, kale, cucumbers, beans, squash.
4. Take a long look at the light you have coming in.

• Is the sun shining 6-8 hours of the day?  That’s full sun.
• Is it 4-6 hours?  Part sun.
• Less than 4 hours?  Shade.

Don’t be afraid to mix edibles with non edible flowers.  Many flowering plants brighten up a garden and invite beneficial bugs.  Line your bed with sweet alysum.  Put a row sunflowers or zinnia in the back of a bed as to not block any light.  Intermix marigold or nasturiums between plants.  Any space large or small, when well attended (meaning daily during germination) can be fruitful and beautiful.