27 tips, tricks and hacks for creating your very first vegetable garden via The Los Angeles Times
Oh, vegetable planting time! Tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkin, basil and other delicious summer edibles can all be planted now.
If you are building your first vegetable garden, here are some tips for success:
1. Put the garden near your kitchen door. That might not be the most attractive spot for it, but the easier it is to get to, the more attention you will give it.
2. Build raised beds. Our soils here in Southern California are not naturally fertile enough for vegetables so rather than struggle to add amendments to the soil, build a big “container” and fill it with the best soil possible. That’s a raised bed.
Read 27 tips, tricks and hacks for creating your very first vegetable garden via The Los Angeles Times
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