Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Welcome Mallory to the family,
First off let me say that the only stupid question, is the one not asked!! As
the child to and avid gardener, you have learned much and if you just search
your memories, certain doors will open up and you will begin to remember things
that Mom said. When that happens, write them down. So, I would suggest that you
go to Rhodale.com and there you will find lots of really cool books that are
designed for Beginners just like yourself and they have color pictures and they
are a good resource for future adventures. Next,! call up the local extension
service and invite them to lunch and have them come and examine the garden and
they can give you some advice and take soil samples and have them tested to see
what is in your soil and more importantly what is not. Then you will have the
foundations of creating a plan for a really super duper garden. THEN!!! as you
encounter new challenges, you can send them to us and we do our level best to
fill your inbox with all kinds of Wisdom and suggestions.
So once again, Welcome, you are safe here and we love answering questions for
those who are taking that first step.
Jeff

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From: M <malloryoneal04@yahoo.com>
To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, April 16, 2011 1:14:44 PM
Subject: [Organic_Gardening] New to group from Northwest Ohio

Hello everyone.

I'm timidly introducing myself *wave* as a gardening newbie. My mother has
always had lovely gardens and water gardens as well. I enjoyed them but never
liked working in them, and never learned to identify anything.

Grown up now, have a husband and two small children, living in the home that my
husband grew up in and that his parents actually built. I believe there's an
acre and a half of land we're on, so not huge but plenty of room for us all and
the family dog.

Far in the back of the yard is my mother-in-law's garden bed. Its severely
neglected from years of overgrowth of weeds and the fencing to keep rabbits out
has since been knocked over. I'm pretty sure the watering system is shot and
that most everything has died off. (Except something my MIL calls walking
onions... Apparently they're everywhere back there. Not that I could point them
out or anything.)

Well as I'm maturing and opening my eyes to the ill effects that genetically
modified food has on us, plus the fact that this is economy is well, crap... it
will be healthier and more affordable to grow our own food. But I have to admit,
this seems pretty daunting. I have only had a few plants of my own, all which I
killed with the black-thumb-of-death. lol I'm hoping that I will have some luck
and that come sometime this year, we will be enjoying home grown vegetables like
carrots, corn, lettuce, cabbage, beans, peppers, etc... among a few other
things.

Bear with me please, if I have a lot of (stupid) questions, where I'm sure a lot
of you will be thinking, "DUH!" Glad I found this group, though!

-Mallory

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