| Mom of 3 Take these suggestions for a new beginner garden 1) Send your soil to the County agricultural extension service which may send it to a state lab. They will tell you what your soil is deficient 2) Till into your garden what ever your local garden store tells you is necessary to to either acidify or alkalinize your soil. 3) Till in Miracle Gro Garden Soil that provides many micronutrients/Nitrogen. 4) Till in top soil 5) Make small furrows length-wise so that you can irrigate your plants from below and NOT ABOVE (watering from above frequently causes a fungus to grow on the leaves and you lose plants) 6) Plant BIG seeds directly into the garden soil but leave about 1 to 2 feet apart from. Plant 2 seeds per small hole and cover with SMALL amount of dirt...and water with slow small stream of water.... 7) Fertilize with Miracle Gro Liquid fertilizer about every 3 weeks or when leaves begin to look brownish 8) You may need to spray Liquid Sevin on plant leaves and stems when they are grown and you see signs of holes in leaves from invading insects. 9) Be sure to chose a location that gives east to west sun exposure so that your plants/veggies get maximal sun exposure. and that the soil gets hot enough to "pop" open your seeds and make then grow... 10) Always use Open-Pollinated Seeds so that you can use the same seeds the following year to re-grow veggies year after year. (also called "Heirloom" seeds or "OP" seeds or "Heritage" Seeds) 11) Make sure you do not plant similar plants next to each other or they will cross pollinate. 12) Recommend you plant easy to grow plants like: Tomatoes, Corn, Squash, Cantaloupes, Watermelon, Cucumbers and Lettuce or Cabbage but not both together. 13) Learn how to transfer pollen from male flowers to female flowers, or anthers to tassels on corn or to gently shake tomato blossoms so they self pollinate... from 10 am to 4 pm All the best,
Jesse Jr. | 
