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Basic Gardening Tips : Location & How to Plant Seeds the Right Way
Choosing a location for your garden is the most important step in the garden planning process. It is always a good idea to draw a plan of your garden. It doesn’t have to be a fancy diagram. Remember the tallest plants in your garden such as corn should be at the north end of the garden and permanent vegetables like asparagus should be at the side of the garden. Vegetables need at least 6-8 hours of sunlight for best growth. Leafy vegetables like spinach and lettuce will grow with less sunlight. Choose a location as far away as possible from trees and shrubs. The roots of nearby trees and shrubs will rob your vegetables of needed nutrients and water.

Basic Gardening Tips : Tools Needed for Gardening
Hoe: Great for weeding, covering seeds and chopping up the soil.
Rake: Used to prepare the seedbed and to break-up large clods of soil.
Trowel: Used for digging holes and breaking up soil around plants.
Spade: Used to dig in the garden for planting and adding organic matter
to the soil.
Labels, string, ruler: All vegetables will need a label with it's name and when it
was seeded or planted

Basic Gardening Tips : How to Create Good Growing Soil
Before you can plant, soil preparation is a must. Dig the soil to a depth of at least
6-10 inches. Add a two to four inch layer of organic matter and incorporate it
into the soil. Organic matter will improve your soil structure and will add nutrients
to the soil. Vegetables need nutrients to grow. If you are growing your vegetables organically, organic fertilizers like peat moss or compost are a good source of
nutrients for your vegetables.

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