What Are The Basic Guidelines For Planting A Vegetable Garden. ?

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 at 7:45 am

If you're new to gardening, the single biggest piece of advice I can give you is Start Small. I've seen too many novices put Propecia in a large garden, and end up overwhelmed, which leads them to give up gardening altogether, having had a frustrating experience.
Plant maybe 2 or 3 things you want to grow. Pay attention to the sun. Most vegetables (with a few cool-season veggie exceptions) like full sun.
Don't get too caught up in all the gardening "stuff". Veggie plants can grow quite well without all the extra fertilizers and things - especially the first year. If your soil is not heavy clay, it should do fine by itself the first time through.
A common new-gardener mistake is to water daily. Unless you're growing in containers, daily watering will moisten the top 4 to 6 inches of soil, training the roots to stay close to the surface, where the water seems to be, making them more susceptible to drought later. An some plants don't like "wet feet" and will drown over time from daily waterings. A deep soaking once a week is better. (When you first plant the seedings, you can water several times a week for 1 or 2 weeks until they roots establish)
And remember - you will always learn a lot more from your failures, than from your successes.
Add a bit a space, and one or two new kinds of plants each year, as your confidence and experience grows.