How to Plant Your First Garden
Buy seeds., Find a spot in your yard or in a local community garden that gets both sun and shade., Prepare the soil., Plant seeds., Water your plants every other day., Watch your beautiful garden grow!
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Buy seeds.
Seeds are very inexpensive at your local dollar market.
Alternately, you can start with bedding plants (or seedlings). -
Step 2: Find a spot in your yard or in a local community garden that gets both sun and shade.
Ideally, some parts of it should get full sun (6 hours of continuous sunshine per day), and some parts should get partial sun (either dappled sun, or full sun for less than 6 hours per day).
Even if parts of your garden are in total shade, there are a variety of plants (including foliage plants and even flowers) that can flourish. , There are at least two ways to do this.
Dig and churn up all of the packed dirt about 2 feet (0.6 m) down.
Add compost and mix it into your dirt.
This can be very exhausting work and often requires the use of power equipment.
It is often ineffective, especially if you live in a new suburban area where they likely took all the good topsoil away before they started constructing the homes.
Build a box and fill it with good soil. , Read the instructions on the back of the seed package, or on the plastic tag in your plant pot.
You may have to ask experts when to plant them if it does not say on the back.
Plant bedding plants when you are sure you can.
Some seeds (such as tomatoes) should be started indoors, in small pots or seed trays, before the last frost, and only transplanted outdoors when the weather warms up. , Don't drown them in water. , -
Step 3: Prepare the soil.
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Step 4: Plant seeds.
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Step 5: Water your plants every other day.
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Step 6: Watch your beautiful garden grow!
Detailed Guide
Seeds are very inexpensive at your local dollar market.
Alternately, you can start with bedding plants (or seedlings).
Ideally, some parts of it should get full sun (6 hours of continuous sunshine per day), and some parts should get partial sun (either dappled sun, or full sun for less than 6 hours per day).
Even if parts of your garden are in total shade, there are a variety of plants (including foliage plants and even flowers) that can flourish. , There are at least two ways to do this.
Dig and churn up all of the packed dirt about 2 feet (0.6 m) down.
Add compost and mix it into your dirt.
This can be very exhausting work and often requires the use of power equipment.
It is often ineffective, especially if you live in a new suburban area where they likely took all the good topsoil away before they started constructing the homes.
Build a box and fill it with good soil. , Read the instructions on the back of the seed package, or on the plastic tag in your plant pot.
You may have to ask experts when to plant them if it does not say on the back.
Plant bedding plants when you are sure you can.
Some seeds (such as tomatoes) should be started indoors, in small pots or seed trays, before the last frost, and only transplanted outdoors when the weather warms up. , Don't drown them in water. ,
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