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<blockquote data-quote="Flower Tender" data-source="post: 56121964"><p>I also wanted to tell you about cold frames. Start your seeds early and get a jump on the season - just pop them in the ground after the threat of frost is gone. Here in zone 5/6 (mid Ohio) we need to wait until May so early starts or picking up pre-grown starts in the nurseries are a must.</p><p> </p><p>My brother read up on building frames for raised beds and took that route. It worked well for him.</p><p> </p><p>Read up on composting too - like the person above me said - feed the soil.</p><p> </p><p>I have a squared off area out back, when we moved in I would take the sod that I had dug up for my flower beds and I would turn it over in this area out back - not wanting to loose the great topsoil. That is the soil I now use, some 4 years later, for my garden.</p><p> </p><p>Read up on how to kill insects - you'll have to decide just how organic you're willing to grow. You can loose lots of crop to some horrible insect... using a little of the insecticide on certain bugs that are hard to get rid of with household tricks may be the way you'll eventually go.</p><p> </p><p>consider using rainwater or set your garden up to allow the runoff from your garage roof to keep the area watered (you may have a different set-up than I have).</p><p> </p><p>Read, research, read some more, ask everyone who gardens... why? Well, I found out that if a certain bean gets this disease that the whole soil is contaminated and won't grow anything until you treat it... heck, if that happened to me I would suffer for years with losses and never would have known... so grateful to what others know.</p><p> </p><p>Start small and simple, add to it every year. </p><p> </p><p>Say a prayer as you plant, and count your blessing for each wonderful vegetable... </p><p> </p><p>oh, and growing up is supposed to be easier than growing out.... I heard that... many things spread so wide that you'll want to grow them on teepee poles (cukes, melons, etc) so you don't spend expanses of soil on one plant.</p><p> </p><p>whew... didn't know I knew that much... </p><p> </p><p>and even though I'm not fond of tomatoes, I grow them anyway because nothing but nothing smells like a tomato on it's plant, on a sunny summer day - tastes good too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flower Tender, post: 56121964"] I also wanted to tell you about cold frames. Start your seeds early and get a jump on the season - just pop them in the ground after the threat of frost is gone. Here in zone 5/6 (mid Ohio) we need to wait until May so early starts or picking up pre-grown starts in the nurseries are a must. My brother read up on building frames for raised beds and took that route. It worked well for him. Read up on composting too - like the person above me said - feed the soil. I have a squared off area out back, when we moved in I would take the sod that I had dug up for my flower beds and I would turn it over in this area out back - not wanting to loose the great topsoil. That is the soil I now use, some 4 years later, for my garden. Read up on how to kill insects - you'll have to decide just how organic you're willing to grow. You can loose lots of crop to some horrible insect... using a little of the insecticide on certain bugs that are hard to get rid of with household tricks may be the way you'll eventually go. consider using rainwater or set your garden up to allow the runoff from your garage roof to keep the area watered (you may have a different set-up than I have). Read, research, read some more, ask everyone who gardens... why? Well, I found out that if a certain bean gets this disease that the whole soil is contaminated and won't grow anything until you treat it... heck, if that happened to me I would suffer for years with losses and never would have known... so grateful to what others know. Start small and simple, add to it every year. Say a prayer as you plant, and count your blessing for each wonderful vegetable... oh, and growing up is supposed to be easier than growing out.... I heard that... many things spread so wide that you'll want to grow them on teepee poles (cukes, melons, etc) so you don't spend expanses of soil on one plant. whew... didn't know I knew that much... and even though I'm not fond of tomatoes, I grow them anyway because nothing but nothing smells like a tomato on it's plant, on a sunny summer day - tastes good too. [/QUOTE]
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