Tips and tricks, please.
I'm starting my first garden this year. The fruit and veggie kind.
Priority: Get rid of the grass. With a shovel and my hands. Any ideas how to make this easier without having to put any money into it? I'm talking 10x5 feet of grass or so...
Also. I live in Iowa. I'm thinking tomato, squash, radishes, lettuce, peppers (the bell and the spicy kind). Strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry. Maybe some cantaloupe and maybe some grape vines. Sweet corn, like one or two rows. Maybe some sunflowers for the color. And I'm planning to put in some marigolds to help keep the bugs down. I want to put in one of those potato boxes I keep seeing all over facebook and maybe some onions cause we use a lot of onions. I'm not really sure about herbs. I would use them, but I think I might confuse them for weeds...
So, what are your tips and tricks and the odd things you do that make you garden work for you?
ETA: Without adding pestacides, herbacides, or MiracleGrow etc.
I'm starting my first garden this year. The fruit and veggie kind.
Priority: Get rid of the grass. With a shovel and my hands. Any ideas how to make this easier without having to put any money into it? I'm talking 10x5 feet of grass or so...
Also. I live in Iowa. I'm thinking tomato, squash, radishes, lettuce, peppers (the bell and the spicy kind). Strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry. Maybe some cantaloupe and maybe some grape vines. Sweet corn, like one or two rows. Maybe some sunflowers for the color. And I'm planning to put in some marigolds to help keep the bugs down. I want to put in one of those potato boxes I keep seeing all over facebook and maybe some onions cause we use a lot of onions. I'm not really sure about herbs. I would use them, but I think I might confuse them for weeds...
So, what are your tips and tricks and the odd things you do that make you garden work for you?
ETA: Without adding pestacides, herbacides, or MiracleGrow etc.
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