As some of you know I will be moving into a house in about 3 weeks and although it may be a bit
aggressive, my goal is to start my first garden in the backyard. May dad was going to help me build
a raised type garden. Not sure about size yet but I am really looking for any good advice you guys
could give me. the yard is fenced in on the west and southern edges of the yard and the plan was
to keep the garden along or close to one of those edges. Should I keep it on the southern for best
chance at sun? No trees to worry about. No real plan on what to plant. I was initially thinking
tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, jalapenos and maybe green peppers. What do others like planting?
I am really new at this and doing it as a hobby and something to keep me busy. Any advice, serious
or not would be appreciated. I apologize if there is a thread on this already but I couldn't remember
seeing one.

T-Bone

As some of you know I will be moving into a house in about 3 weeks and although it may be a bit
aggressive, my goal is to start my first garden in the backyard. May dad was going to help me build
a raised type garden. Not sure about size yet but I am really looking for any good advice you guys
could give me. the yard is fenced in on the west and southern edges of the yard and the plan was
to keep the garden along or close to one of those edges. Should I keep it on the southern for best
chance at sun? No trees to worry about. No real plan on what to plant. I was initially thinking
tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, jalapenos and maybe green peppers. What do others like planting?
I am really new at this and doing it as a hobby and something to keep me busy. Any advice, serious
or not would be appreciated. I apologize if there is a thread on this already but I couldn't remember
seeing one.

T-Bone

rpb is wrong. Phil McCracken is useful.

RPB is right. You suck.

Congrats on the new house and good luck with the new garden. I can barely keep house plants alive so I am probably not going to be much good at giving planting advice. Make sure to water them.

Not joking

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The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

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Keep it away from any shed, fence, or deck that may be leaching chemicals from treated wood.

Fertilize with peat moss, add lots of top soil, and then, when you have sproutlings, add at least a few inches of a good fine mulch to manage/preserve water and keep weeds out (be careful of where you get your mulch - you don't want a brand new termite/insect/pest problem).

Placement in relation to the sun is key as well. You want good east, south, and west exposure, but east and south are most important.

Buy or make a big compost box and throw all of your grass clippings, eggshells, fruit peels, and organic, non-meat (meat = hormones in today's grocery aisle - steer clear) refuse in there along with some redworms (you might have to special order these). The worms aerate and break down the mixture, leaving more organic slime and goodness behind. By next year, this compost will be so nutrient-filled that your vegetables will be the healthiest in the land.

Find and purchase organic, non genetically modified seeds, and re-culture (re-seed, clone/clip & keep inside house or greenhouse) them as much as you can.

Believe it or not, Wasps and ladybugs are the most natural and safest form of pesticide (this is what Disney uses in lieu of chemicals).

Also if you fuck someone like they are a millionaire they might go try to be one.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

try lettuce- it comes up quickly, regrows all summer, and just about everybody likes lettuce

I would recommend to definitely plant a couple hot pepper plants and some tomatoes -- I kind of like cherry tomatoes because you can just snack on them.... sometimes if we have too many regular tomatoes, we get too much at once and you have to can it or give it away or just let it rot. Usually peppers and tomatoes are no problem with our creatures, but we did get strawberries regularly stolen.

Also, I would highly recommend planting some herbs.... that's something you can harvest basically at your whim. Basil is really a great one to grow, I also like sage, chives, oregano, mint (they have some really cool mint hybrids.) Those things you can forget about for a while and they don't rot, and again the animals mostly leave them alone. Basil is so easy to grow, it grows like a weed and you just have to remember to snip off the tops when they start flowering. You can make tons of pesto for next to nothing.