Just moved into a house with 3 existing garden beds and am SO stoked to finally grow more of our food!! Looking for recommendations for how to learn gardening basically…it seems like a never ending learning curve and would love some books and tips for what to focus on my first year here.
For a little background, I’ve only grown in containers at our apartment in the past and was in a much sunnier climate then…I generally grew from seeds and focused on fairly easy vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, and herbs. So I really don’t know anything about proper gardening or what to grow in the greater Seattle area.
I’m not sure what has been in the garden beds in the past but I’ve done some weeding and found what I think is a bunch of potato tubers (pictured) and some lemon balm. Makes me wonder what else might pop up! I’m hoping to start composting, but not sure how to make the beds healthy and ready to plant. Yank everything out? New soil? Mulch? Rain dance? Who knows man
I’ve stuck some mature strawberry plants in there that I was gifted but otherwise anything I should plant now in the fall?? Hoping for lots of veggies, some berries, herbs, maybe lettuce and squash of some kind…things that taste great and will be fun for my toddler to help harvest.
Would love advice on how to get started!
by kaylaphant