Starting a Vegetable Garden from Scratch Learn how to start a
vegetable garden from scratch and get your garden growing. A
gardener plants a tomato seedling. Starting a vegetable garden
from scratch can be one of the most daunting tasks facing the
home gardener. It helps to have a plan, but taking that plan to
the blank patch of ground can be intimidating if you don’t know
where to begin. Luckily, there are plenty of options for
converting even the most challenging space into a bountiful
garden. Know your soil For most types of gardens, the perfect
soil is a quality light loam made up of nutrient-rich organic
matter and a composition of relatively equal amounts of sand,
silt and clay. In general, the more organic matter the better.
Not sure what kind of soil you’re working with? Simply grab a
handful of moist (not saturated) soil and squeeze. If the clump
falls apart as soon as you open your hand, you’re dealing with a
very sandy soil; if the clump stays intact, then your soil
contains too much clay. Loamy so