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Vegetable Garden Preparation
Before you can haul in that awesome crop of fruits and vegetables from your garden, you need to prepare your site carefully! This will save you much time and energy this summer! Check out all of our tips and tricks!
Prep Time
1
hour
hour
Cook Time
8
hours
hours
Total Time
9
hours
hours
Servings
1
garden 10 x 10
Author
Beth Neels
Cost
$50
Equipment
rototiller
shovels
watering choice
Ingredients
1
fertilizer
1
pre-emergence weed killer
1
plastic or weed barrier
Instructions
Strip sod, if starting new garden
Add soil amendments to surface.
Rototill soil amendments into soil.
Install drip irrigation, if using.
Install plastic or weed barrier.
Build any required structures.
Set up overhead watering, if using.
Notes
See
How to Start a Garden; Step 1; Planning
for initial steps for starting a garden.
Times and costs are an average for a 10' x 10' (3m x 3m) garden.