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- Section 1: Initial PlanningThese lessons will walk you through the initial planning phase of starting your new garden. Let's go!11
- 0.1Lesson 1: ✔️What are your gardening goals?
- 0.2Lesson 2: ✔️Dream Big, Start Small
- 0.3Lesson 3: ✔️What plants are you interested in growing?
- 0.4Lesson 4: ✔️Choosing the Perfect Garden Location
- 0.5Lesson 5: ✔️❌Growing Methods and Options
- 0.6Lesson 6: ✔️How to Set Up Raised Beds
- 0.7Lesson 7: ✔️Exploring Hugelkultur Beds (our favorite!)
- 0.8Lesson 8: ✔️Soil Testing
- 0.9Lesson 9: ✔️In-Ground Soil: Dig vs. No Dig
- 0.10Lesson 10: ✔️Soil Prep Based on Soil Type
- 0.11Quiz 150 Minutes13 Questions
- Section 2: Decisions & LayoutThis section will walk you through narrowing down the plants you will be growing and how to lay out your entire garden.14
- 1.1Lesson 12: ✔️Learn about companion planting to help you decide what to grow.
- 1.2Lesson 13: ✔️Learn about Succession Planting
- 1.3Lesson 14: ✔️Understanding Vegetable Spacing in Your Garden
- 1.4Lesson 15: ✔️Row Gardening vs. Square Foot Gardening
- 1.5Lesson 16: ✔️Final list of plants & how many of each to plant
- 1.6Lesson 17: ✔️Decide on your garden methods.
- 1.7Lesson 18: ✔️Designing the Layout of Your First Garden.
- 1.8Lesson 19:
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- 1.10Lesson 21
- 1.11Lesson 22
- 1.12Lesson 23
- 1.13Lesson 24
- 1.14Quiz 230 Minutes12 Questions
- Section 3: Implementing Garden PlanSuave estmata epicurum facit democritus intellegunt populum confusioque soletis ausus tantam manliana13
- 2.1Lesson 26: ✔️Materials lists for your garden methods.
- 2.2Lesson 27: Build your plan! Garden Layout examples for different size gardens.
- 2.3Lesson 28: ✔️Seed Starting Basics
- 2.5Lesson 30: ✔️Seed starting calendar.
- 2.6Lesson 31: ✔️❌Purchasing seedlings.
- 2.7Lesson 32: ✔️When to plant?
- 2.8Lesson 33: How to plant?
- 2.9Lesson 34: List of helpful gardening products.
- 2.10Lesson 35
- 2.11Lesson 36
- 2.12Lesson 37
- 2.13Lesson 38
- 2.14Quiz 310 Minutes14 Questions
- Section 4: Garden CareThis is the meat & potatoes of your garden journey. Learn how to help your backyard garden thrive!11
- 3.0Lesson 39: Intro
- 3.1Lesson 40: Watering basics. When to water?
- 3.2Lesson 41: Watering by plant type.
- 3.3Lesson 42: ✔️Weeding basics. A necessary evil!
- 3.4Lesson 43: How to need to weed less. (Important read!)
- 3.5Lesson 44: Mulching basics & importance.
- 3.6Lesson 45: Learn about pests, how to get rid of them & companion planting for pest resistance.
- 3.7Lesson 46: Pest troubleshooting.
- 3.8Lesson 47: Learn about common plant diseases.
- 3.9Lesson 48: Disease troubleshooting.
- 3.10Quiz 430 Minutes11 Questions
- Section 5: Harvesting & MoreThis is the fun part! Harvesting your bounty is such a satisfying and fulfilling aspect to gardening.12
- 4.0Lesson 49: Harvesting Intro
- 4.1Lesson 50: How & when to harvest.
- 4.2Lesson 51: Favorite harvesting products.
- 4.3Lesson 52: What to do with your bounty? Plug for Best Preserving Handbook
- 4.4Lesson 53: Fall gardening (start in the summer!)
- 4.5Lesson 54
- 4.6Lesson 55
- 4.7Lesson 56
- 4.8Lesson 57
- 4.9Lesson 58
- 4.10Lesson 59
- 4.11Quiz 530 Minutes10 Questions
- Section 6: Pre-winter Garden CareNeget veriora nonne sententia nec processerat versutum improbos levem coletur commentatus deceat bona reprehenderem12
- Section 7Repugno dissimillimas omnisque vivunt quaeritur amotio concedis responderi pertinacior divitias certe caret timiditas11
- Section 8Mavis fruentem sit infantes dubitabit oratio commutare communiter contenta auditor videntur harum contemnit impedit iustus11
- Section 9Appellavit corpus seria sensum neque erat an commutare invectio consentaneum status vera defenditur11
- Section 10Istud possint obsequor causa horum habitus istud aristippi nullam sublatis metrodori virtus vanos sextus14