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The Basics
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My Veggie patch is about 6m x 8m but I started off with a patch about 4m x 6m. You can see it in "The Garden". If you're thinking of starting a patch and you're unsure what size you should have, the best thing I can say is start off small and work up because the worse thing that you can do is start off big and then find that you don't want or need one that size. If you think you might be a keen gardener I would suggest a patch about 3m x 3m to start off with and see how you go. A patch that size will give you quite a bit and you can decide either to have a little of everything or a lot of some things. There are a few ways you can start off your vegetable patch, a couple of them are; 1. Dig up the area where you want your garden bed to be and separate the grass from the dirt or; 2. Lay down some newspaper, old carpet or some dark plastic to stop the sun from getting to your lawn allowing time for the grass to die, once the grass is dead you can just turn it all over and start planting (it will take a couple of months for this to happen). In both cases add as much organic material as you can, in the case of putting down carpet or plastic you can still lay down as much newspaper as you can find as well as your organic material then place the carpet or plastic over the top. So while your lawn is dieing you are also feeding the soil at the same time. Remember start off small as a garden too large at the start may be to much for you to handle and put you off gardening altogether. When putting your seeds in don't worry too much about the space that is suggested on the packet, you can plant them closer to make more room for other vegetables or more of the same. Keep the water up to the seeds as you wouldn't want them drying out before they even start (not all vegetables need the water eg. Corn).
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