PLANNING AND PREPARING YOUR GARDEN

Planning the vegetable garden is the most important part of gardening. The size of garden, best location, plant selection are all very crucial to a successful garden. There are some basic steps to planning a garden that will bring you years of joy and a fruitful harvest. Listed below are important considerations when planning your garden. Planting the wrong crops in the wrong place can drastically reduce yields and in some cases attract pests or initiate plant diseases. Plans should allow for crop rotation as well ‐ growing a particular vegetable in the same spot year after year may allow certain pests to thrive and destroy your crops. Companion planting is important. A must read, is the highly rated book Carrots Love Tomatoes : Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening

When to Start ‐ Frost Dates?
The USA Gardener frost date charts for the USA & Canada are too long to fit into this eBook. Please visit the following links for the complete list of frost dates for each country. Hardiness zones are also available on the usagardener.com website.