How does a garden grow?
Apr. 1st, 2020 07:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
korafoxI'm seriously trying to get on top of the idea of starting a garden, since I have a nice-sized backyard that gets a lot of sun and it seems like a prudent idea to have my own veggie source going forward this year. The whole thing is super intimidating though--the internet has lots of advice but it is complicated and there are umpteen million choices to make.
Really what I want is someone to just tell me "buy things A, B, C then do things X, Y, Z" and then there are tomatoes. Or bell peppers. Or I don't even know, just the choice of what to grow is daunting. Worrying about soil acidity is a several-years-from-now problem.
Probably the first step is get seeds and maybe some soil because our soil is crap? (Not really; it would be better if it were literal crap, I think. It's shot through with rocks and very thin sandy dirt in the backyard.)
On the plus side, I already have my very own trowel! : D
And a lot of bricks from the stupid landscaping in my front yard that I was going to remove and could turn into edging for garden beds...raised beds? I don't even know.
Advice for a 100% beginner is welcome. I live in Illinois, USA in what the internet tells me is hardiness zone 5b.
Really what I want is someone to just tell me "buy things A, B, C then do things X, Y, Z" and then there are tomatoes. Or bell peppers. Or I don't even know, just the choice of what to grow is daunting. Worrying about soil acidity is a several-years-from-now problem.
Probably the first step is get seeds and maybe some soil because our soil is crap? (Not really; it would be better if it were literal crap, I think. It's shot through with rocks and very thin sandy dirt in the backyard.)
On the plus side, I already have my very own trowel! : D
And a lot of bricks from the stupid landscaping in my front yard that I was going to remove and could turn into edging for garden beds...raised beds? I don't even know.
Advice for a 100% beginner is welcome. I live in Illinois, USA in what the internet tells me is hardiness zone 5b.
