Getting started

This has been a work in progress for a couple of years now. I would like to thank you for visiting my blog. If you find this to be of any help to you, I encourage you to pass it along.

The idea originally started a few years ago when I was getting ready to start my own garden. Growing up my parents always had a garden, growing a variety of foods. Naturally when I got older I wanted to start a garden of my own. When my wife and I bought our first home, we did not have a lot of space to grow. I did a lot of research and struggled to find information.One day I came across and article about square foot gardening, opening a whole new world. The hope here is to compile the best of the information I have found and personally tested.

First, a few things to take in to account;

• Where do you want to place your garden? Avoid planting too close to the house or near a tree.
• Does the location you have chosen get enough sun? Your veggies LOVE the sun. You should plan an area that gets at least 6 hours of sun per day.
• Are you going to plant a tradition style garden or build some raised beds. (I have chosen to build raised beds and that is what we will talk about.)
• When is your local frost date? In South East Idaho where I live it is the middle of May.

After all of this has been considered, its now time to decide what you want to plant. (We will talk more about this later.)