Where should I locate my garden?
- How much time will it take?
- What tools will I need?
- When should I plant?
- What should I plant?
- How should I arrange my grow-boxes?
- What size should I make my grow-boxes?
- Where should I locate my garden?
- Choose a sunny location, one that gets sunshine from at least mid-morning throughout the afternoon.
- Choose a level area. If you choose an area that is reasonably level, there will be less work. An area with a gentle southern slope is ideal.
- Plant on the contour if using steeper slopes. Just level plots the size of the grow-boxes.
- Avoid north slopes (slopes facing north), because they have more shadows, diffuse the sun's rays, and are often too cold.
- Stay away from low spots where drainage is poor. Plants die for lack of oxygen where standing water accumulates.
- Avoid large trees and tall hedges, unless they are north of the grow-bed area. Crops growing in shade or shadows do poorly.
- Make sure water is available close by.
- Avoid open areas where strong winds blow, or else construct windbreaks. Winds can quickly destroy the fragile, but very important plant leaves, affecting the result of the crop.
- Protect the area from animals or unwanted visitors. If necessary, construct a chain-link fence 6' to 8' tall.
Learn More
- Terracing Soil-Beds 6 Steps to Successful Gardening(p. 19)
- The Erosion Problem Food For Everyone(p. 122)
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Tip of the Day
It's Fall and time to prepare your soil for winter! For those of you in the Northern hemisphere who have winters, October, November, and and early December are the time you need to be cleaning up your garden and preparing it for next spring's planting. You can even plant hardy garlic, which will overvegetable crops such as radishes, peas, cabbage and broccoli.
The freeze/tha-winter and get an early spring start. Before snow covers your garden mae sure all old materials are either removed from the garden, or if they are clean of weed seeds and disease, till them into your soil-beds. Also, when it's not too muddy, go in and give everything a good weeding with the 2-way hoe (see Tools). Weeding thoroughly in the Fall helps keep the weeds from getting a big head start on you before you can get into the garden in the spring, and is very important.
If you grew a Mittleider garden this year, your beds will benefit from tilling or digging. You can apply Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed to the bed area now, then till them in, or wait until early spring. Either way after tilling place strings on your stakes, and re-make the beds.
Be sure to re-check the level of each bed accurately, since they may have changed a little. Do not be satisfied with anything more than 1" fall in a 30'-long soil-bed. Good Gardening!
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