Gardening tips, ideas, and thoughts for the home gardener.
Posted in Garden Prep, Vegetable Gardening on Nov 11th, 2009
Note: This is part three in a multi part series aimed at helping gardeners start a new vegetable garden. Look for links at the bottom of the article to the other segments of this report.
Site Preparation
If you have gone through all the steps to choose a great location and size for your vegetable garden, you [...]
Posted in Garden Prep, Vegetable Gardening on Nov 9th, 2009
Note:This is part two in a multi part series aimed at helping gardeners start a new vegetable garden. Look for links at the bottom of the article to the other segments of this report.
Garden Size Considerations
Before we move on to site preparation, you should consider how big you want your garden to be. If you [...]
Posted in Garden Planning, Vegetable Gardening on Nov 8th, 2009
Several years ago I had the crazy idea to try to make some money from my garden. I knew from my employment background at the time as a research assistant at the Noble Foundation that many small farmers were making good money selling vegetables. In particular, tomatoes were known to be a great crop. So [...]
