hello from mid-Michigan, for new gardeners there is so much to learn, but don't worry you'll get it figured out sooner or later. experience is always the best teacher but if you like reading how i've done things here over the years i have the thread where i post updates and more details:
but really i should call this hermit's rest or something like that. :) some years ago i contemplated joining a monastery - except there's a few problems with that for me. i don't much like rules, i absolutely am not a morning person and i'm not very religious...
www.theeasygarden.com
and this thread seems recent enough with some details too:
I believe I've heard a few of you doing the "no till" method of gardening, and I'd like to hear your experience with it. I just had an enlightening soil building class at my local library, and I'm interested in giving it a try.
www.theeasygarden.com
on the TEG sister site SS:
aka flowerbug's chaos, methods and whatever bits that stick along the journey... i'm not going to duplicate all of my posts here from my thread at TEG or my website so you have your homework set for you if you really want to follow closely. oh, also my thread on the permaculture site which is...
www.sufficientself.com
and on the permaculture site that doesn't work well any more but the thread is still there going back to the fall of 2013:
[editor's note: ok, i am almost done with my website conversion and will be going through these articles and updating image links. all images here are...
forums.permaculturenews.org
if you have plenty of time to read and it is winter after all use the search function and put in keywords you are interested in and other phrases or even longer things.
any questions you have send a PM (personal message) or reply in the thread as we're all happy to talk about gardening here and don't mind it if we have the time to reply.
still, i think that all the reading aside, the teacher you will get the most from is experience.
easy things to grow for us have been: cucumbers, peas, beans, lettuces, winter greens, strawberries, tomatoes, rhubarb and onions. not that i mean easy in terms of effort, but that they usually grow and give some returns for your efforts.
The only stupid question is the one not asked. Please post your location in your avatar, it helps us to give advice best suited to your climate.
