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guideThe Essential Gardening guide for first time gardeners

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What is this book?This is an eBook that was created by The Mauro Seed Company to give rookie gardeners the necessary info that they need to grow their first garden and begin a lifetime of learning.

Why we wrote it.We sell seeds. If someone doesn’t think they can grow food from the seeds, they will not buy seeds. This book is entirely self-serving.

What it is not.This is gardening 101, not 201 or 301. We are taking our own experience as gardeners and distilling it into the fewest words possible because my carpal tunnel is acting up. These are the basics of growing. It is not the encyclopedia of gardening. There are 1 hundred bazillion gardening articles on the internet that offer mind-numbing detail. You can be easily overwhelmed if you let yourself. It’s a light beer to the internet’s meth.

Finally.If you read every article on the internet, you still may suck at gardening. Gardening is half art/half science – mostly its a continual learning pursuit. There are so many variables that no writer could ever write the definitive guide. It’s the soil, sun, seed, pests, temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind, varieties, pests, past. Those old-timers you see with great gardens have been fine-tuning over years and years. Reading this is like smoking a pack a day – it will age you 10 years (in gardening terms).

Lastly. We will grossly overuse pun, pith, non-sequiturs, pop-culture references… and use emoji’s extensively. 🙂. Enjoy!

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Back in the day…When we were kids in the 80s and 90s, the biggest worry about food was cholesterol and fat. They said don’t eat eggs but go ahead and gobble down some Snackwells. Fast forward 25 years and Big Food and Big Ag have teamed up to fundamentally transform the industrial food supply. Now our food is genetically altered from its original form. Corn DNA is altered to produce insecticides inside and to withstand massive amounts of herbicide. The wheat that we eat is sprayed with carcinogenic herbicide and pesticides before harvest to make it easier to process. Food now is grown with more chemicals, from further away, spending more time on trucks, from huge commercial farms with depleted farmland. Plus, that cucumber at the store was touched by like 30 people. Ick!

Why grow a garden?First there is the social benefit of having something besides your Pokemon Go score to talk about. You can now intelligently converse with the 40 million gardeners – and assume expert status when kicking it with the and 40 million wannabe gardeners. “You have a garden, that’s so cool”. There are health benefits – fresh picked food is more nutritious. You can avoid ingesting industrial-strength herbicides and pesticides (‘cides) known to cause cancer. Then there is financial benefit. For a few bucks, you can grow

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hundreds of dollars worth of vegetables and skip expensive produce section. Now you can make that kale smoothie without borrowing cash from moms. Gardening offers a sanctuary of sanity. It’s a tangible hobby that gets you outdoors and provides a reprieve from your hyper connected life (although there is nothing wrong with pic-bragging on Instagram). Finally, there is the spiritual element. Watching food grow from seed is a literal miracle. It is humbling to witness God’s design and gain the perspective that our capacity to survive is ultimately in His hands.

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Heirloom, Hybrid, GMO?So it felt really good to buy those heirloom seeds. What the heck does that even mean? Its all about pollination, ‘the dirty’ of the vegetable world. Open-pollinated varieties depend on natural methods like bees, wind, birds for pollination. Heirloom varieties are open-pollinated and have remained true-to-type for 50ish years. Heirlooms are the same varieties your great granny and produce seed that can be reused year-after-year.

Hybrids come from deliberate crossing of two genetically distinct varieties to merge desired traits. This requires controlled or closed-pollination. This works great and produces vigorous, trait exploited offspring in the first filial generation (F1), but the resulting seed is unstable and unusable. Hybrids get the job done but they are one hit wonders. If singers were seeds, Milli Vanilli would be a hybrid, The Rolling Stones are heirloom.

Genetically modified organisms or GMOs are laboratory concoctions of gene manipulation at the DNA level to produce something that could never be produced in nature. They can cross a tomato with a tennis ball to get a tomato that grows fuzz. The real purpose is to produce plants that can withstand the most toxic herbicides ever made – and they breed pesticides inside the food itself. Poisoned from the inside out. Bottom line, the offspring are not only useless, but patented.

Hardiness ZoneUSDA has a map based on climates in different regions of the US. Knowing your zone will help you to know what vegetables will grow best in your region. Look up your zone here. Most of the varieties you can buy will grow just fine anywhere the US. What counts the most is timing…

Sick GMO FACT - Scientists have crossed Arctic fish genes

with tomatoes to create frost tolerant tomatoes.

Timing is Everything Nice segue. Regardless of your Hardiness Zone, knowing when the last frost of the winter is past and when the first frost will come is essential to gardening. The number of days between these dates is your growing season. You will need to choose varieties that mature within this window of time. At the mauroseed.com worldwide headquarters in Tennessee, our growing season is 181 days so we can grow anything.

Also, different varieties can and can tolerate frost so the Frost Date becomes the baseline of all planting activity. You can find your local average frost date here. If you want to know how many days you have, check out this cool calculator.

Sun Next, you will need to find a place to grow. The first consideration should be sun. You will want a spot that gets 6-8 hours ☀ a day. While some flowers can grow in partial shade, virtually all herbs and vegetables require full sun for the energy to produce food with peak flavor and nutrition. Tip: make sure your garden hose can reach 📏 your plot.

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SoilYour soil is made up of organic matter and minerals. Minerals like sand,

silica, eroded rock compact easily. Organic matter like compost, moss,

grass clippings can ‘fluff up’ your soil to make it easier for roots to grow

and to provide additional nutrients to the soil.

Your soil needs to be fertile and well drained – unless you plan on

growing rice. Loose, well aerated soil is important for seedlings to

develop deep, healthy roots. You will need to turn the soil to about 12”

deep. You can try the shovel method, but we highly recommend using a

friend’s rototiller to turn the soil. Even better, pay someone to till it for

you. You can add amendments like manure or compost after you till for a

looser soil with more organic matter.

Raised Beds?If you have clay, sod on top of rock, or just generally poor soil, you may

consider building raised garden beds. We recommend going straight into

the ground whenever possible. However, raised beds can be effective in

controlling the soil makeup. Rootcrops, like carrots, find that loose,

loamy soil helps them grow longer and straighter, faster. Slow

germinating herbs can benefit from a more controlled environment.

Also, raised beds act like a Trump-style wall to halt encroaching weeds.

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TimingThe McRib always resurfaces in the summer and we always see new commercials in the winter. Same with vegetables - some grow best in the heat, others in the cool weather. Cool season veggies thrive in the cool weather. These cool kids are broccoli, cabbage, collards, kale, leeks, mustards, radish, spinach, beets, carrots, cauliflower, celery, lettuce and chard. These are planted late winter and late summer to grow in the spring and fall. Warm season veggies like it hot, hot, hot. Beans, corn, cucumber, eggplant*, pumpkins, melons, okra, peppers, pumpkins, southern peas, summer squash, tomatoes. These varieties are planted after the last frost for the summer season.

SowingSow what? Sow means to plant. Direct sow means to plant the seed in the ground. Dig a hole and put in the seed. Boom. Sow indoors means to start your seeds indoors to begin the germination process anywhere from 6-10 weeks before the last frost.

There are many methods to starting seeds indoors. For first timers, there is nothing wrong with some plastic cups with potting soil. Be sure to put holes in the bottom of the cups. They will be transplanted outdoors after the last frost date. This is typically done to get production earlier and harvest throughout the growing season.

On your marks, get set…Everyone loves tomatoes in their garden. Tomatoes can take 120 days to grow from the time you put them in dirt. Quiz: If your growing season is 150 days, then, why grow tomatoes for one month. Starting them indoors 2 months early lets you get them growing so your plants can produce all summer. W i nt e rC o l l a r d s , B r u s s e l S p r o u t s , Ka l e , S p i n a c h , G a r l i c , O n i o n s , P a r s l ey, P a r s n i p s , S n a p Pe a s , T u r n i p

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Harden offBefore you take your pampered pepper starts outside, you need to show them the real world. Its hard out there and they need to be exposed to it. About 10 days before transplant, cut back on water and fertilizer. Move the starts outdoors to a place without direct sun or wind for a few hours and then bring them back inside. Increase their exposure a bit more each day. After a week, let them sleep outside as long as there is no fear of frost. Now they are hard, straight gangsta. Do this at least twice. Now they are ready for GP and their new outdoor environment.

Spacing.Proper spacing is key to a good harvest. If you plant too close

together, your plants will be competing with one another for sun,

water and blocking wind flow. Err on the side of more space than

less.

Thin is in.You have seen the documentaries of sea turtles where they lay 100

eggs and maybe 5 babies make it to the sea. Seed is similar. Some

wont germinate, some will be dug up by a squirrel, and some will be

nibbled by a deer in its early stages. Planting more seeds than

needed allows you to overcome these gardening #fails. Its okay to

plant more than needed and thin the germinated crops to the desired

plants and spacing. For example, if you are planting corn,

recommended spacing is about 12” between plants. It is okay to sow

every 4-6” and thin once the plants produce the second leaf. Thinning

allows for more control of your garden to select the strongest plants.

#survivalofthefittest.

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FertilizeYour new plot will do great out of the shoot, but once those plants start producing like crazy, they will deplete quickly like Rocky in his first fight with Clubber Lang. Feed your food some low nitrogen fertilizer (5/5/5ish) every 2 weeks. Fertilizer will increase your yields and lengthen the harvest season. Keep the soil fertile and all your wildest dreams will come true.

Smoke WeedsWeeds can overwhelm a garden and suck the life out of your melons. First, stay away from the Roundup - a known carcinogen designed to kill every plant form every created. You garden so you don’t have this poison in your food. Mulch will block out sun keeping weeds away from your prized peppers. Chopped leaves, wood chips any kind of straw and hay work great and keep your soil most in the hot summer. Be sure the mulch is loose enough to let air through or your plants will catch some mosaic virus. Weed fabric blocks light so weeds can’t grow, but lets rain and air through. Cut a hole where you plant goes. You can use black plastic to solarize your bed to sterilize your bed over the winter leaving weed free soil. Now you have 99 problems and a weed ain’t one.

Get Vertical.Gardens just work better off the ground. Some viney varieties like cucumbers, pole beans, peppers and tomatoes will climb vertically. The benefit is your plant will avoid being smothered by weeds, contracting disease and they are easier to harvest. A trellis is can be Its anything that can support a plant’s vertical growth. We used two metal posts and some goat fencing from Tractor Supply for our cucumbers last year, caged our tomatoes and are planning a string system for pole green beans next year. There is no grade in gardening – no points deducted for copying from someone else.

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Use ProtectionIf you plant it, rabbits, deer and racoons will come. There are many options to deter animals, from motion-activated sprinklers, repellents, radios, urine buckets, to scarecrows. Last spring, we had deer sneaking up to eat young corn and cukes. We made a fence made of 4 posts and 3 strands of yellow high-test fishing line. Easy, inexpensive, and totally not an eyesore. Know they are coming but this is where your human intellect must overcome.

Insects will come too. Last year I felt like Pharoah when the locusts devoured Egypt’s fields. Humble yourself first and get insecticides second. We recommend against synthetic pesticides because they kill the bees we need for pollination - plus you don’t want to eat Carboxyl. Look into organic methods including natural insecticides using neem oil and castile soap. Neem is a natural repellent and castile soap will dry out insects. Mix 2 tablespoons each in one gallon of water. Be sure to spray super early AM and late PM when bees are less active. Row covers and ag fabric can keep the plagues off your tomatoes.

We are looking into Bt this season. Bt has as 50 year track record with organic farmers and is highly effective against cabbage worms, tomato hornworms. Will update this when we get some feedback. The most important tip is that the more time you give insects, the more damage they will do. Pick early and often to protect your prizes.

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InoculateBeans are sometimes inoculated before planting. This means coating the seeds with a special bacteria that helps the plants to pull nitrogen from the air and deposit it in their roots to help it grow. Inoculants are needed in poor soil that lacks nitrogen. To improve your soil, chop, spade or till your disease-free bean plants into the earth immediately after the last harvest. You'll be adding valuable organic matter to the soil and releasing the nitrogen from the roots as well.

BestiesAt your job, there are some people who help you grow and do better - and there are some that who have no other purpose on the planet to bring you down and stunt your professional growth. Same with veggies. The Indians famously grew the ‘three sisters’ (corn, beans and squash) together and blew the colonists away their production. Some plants don’t like each other like corn and potatoes. As you plan your garden, use a companion planting guide to keep your garden in perfect harmony.

And Finally…Be sure to share your harvest with your neighbors, your friends, the local food pantry or just someone in need. Food is tangible and giving it is something that makes your relationships with those to whom you give stronger. Liking a bazillion pictures of their dog on Facebook pales in comparison to handing them a cantaloupe that you grew from your garden. It’s a very inexpensive way to help people in need. Just think, you can double the output of your garden with only a nominal increase in cost and effort. Commit to planting at least a row for others this season. Good growing!

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First Time Favoritesbeans, beets, broccoli, cantaloupe, carrots

Broccoli. For spring crop, Start seeds indoors 8 weeks before last frost

and transplant hardened starts 2 weeks before last frost. For Fall

crop, Direct sow seeds 12 weeks before first frost date. Sow 1/2” deep and

thin or transplant to 24” between plants and 36” between rows. Fertilize

and mulch. Broccoli is a pest’s paradise so Douse weekly with Bt or look

into row covers. Plant with Beets, Chard, Lettuce and Onion. 70-80 days.

Beets. Direct Sow 4 weeks before last frost in full sun and well tilled

soil. For fall planting, sow 12 weeks before first frost. Plant seed 1/2”

deep. Beet ‘seeds’ have many seeds inside. Thin to 4” between plants and 12”

between rows. You can transplant thinnings elsewhere for more beets.

Lightly mulch once emerged and be a Weed vigilante early on. Fertilize

every couple weeks. Plant with beans, cabbage, lettuce, onion. 50-60 Days.

Carrots. Direct Sow 4 weeks before last frost through early fall. Full

sun and well tilled soil high in organic matter. Plant seed 1/2” deep. mix

small seeds with sand for more uniform distribution. Add radish and

harvest it early before carrots mature. Thin to 2-3” between plants once

emerged. Weed early on and the greens will block light of emerging

weeds. Fertilize. Loves beans, radish, onion and tomato 60-70 Days.

Cantaloupe. Direct sow well after last frost. Plant 3 seeds in a cluster

seed 1/2” deep with 18” between plants and 36” between rows. Thin the

clusters to the strongest plant when seedlings emerge. Mulch once

emerged to inhibit weeds. Fertilize every 3 weeks. Harvest Cantaloupes

when green turns gold and ends soften. The vine easily falls. Melons get

sweeter and juicer as they mature. 80-90 days.

Beans. Plant after last frost in full sun and well tilled soil. 1” deep and

6” between plants and rows 2’ apart. If you have never planted beans in

this location, you may benefit from an inoculant. Mulch to prevent

competition from weeds. Pole beans will produce continuously

throughout the growing season. Fertilize every couple weeks. Plant with

corn, squash, Cucumber and Carrots. Keep away from onions. 60-70 Days.

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First Time Favoritescucumber, corn, hot peppers, kale, lettuce

Cucumber. Direct Sow after last frost. In well tilled soil, Sow 1” deep

and thin to 18” between plants if trellised or 36” if left to sprawl.

Vertical trellis recommended. Mulch once well emerged to prevent weeds

and Fertilize every two weeks. Harvest early for tender fruits with

fewer seeds. Harvest often to keep vine productive. Plant with corn,

peas, radish and tomato. Avoid sage and Onion. 70-80 days.

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Corn. Direct sow after last frost. Requires full sun and well tilled soil.

Plant seeds 1” deep every 4” in rows 36” apart. Thin to 12” between plants

keeping the strongest seedlings. Corn has shallow roots so mulching can

eliminate competing weeds. Fertilize every 2 weeks. Stalk grow up to 9

feet so position to avoid blocking light of other plantings. Plant with

pole beans and squash. Avoid tomato. 60-70 days.

Hot Pepper. Start seeds indoors 8 weeks before. Sow seed 1/4” deep in soil

~80 Degrees. Give 12-16 hours of light using sun + grow light Each day.

Transplant hardened seedlings when outdoor temps reach 65 and night

temps exceed 50 Degrees. Space plants 16” apart and row at least 36”

apart. Fertilize and mulch. The longer the pepper, the hotter – but

Mature peppers signal the plant to stop producing. 70-80 days.

Lettuce. Direct Sow as soon as soil can be worked (Soil Temps >35 Degrees)

frost for spring crop and 8 weeks before first frost for fall crop. Full

sun and well tilled soil. Plant every 3 inches 1/2” deep in rows 18” apart.

Thin to 12” between plants keeping strongest seedlings. Mulch to inhibit

weeds and Fertilize every 3 weeks. Replant every 2 weeks for a successive

harvest. Grow with onion, cucumber or carrots 60-70 Days.

Kale. Direct Sow 4 weeks before last frost for spring crop and 12 weeks

before first frost for fall crop. Full sun and well tilled soil. Plant 3

seeds in a cluster seed 1/2” deep with 18” between plants and 36” between

rows. Thin the clusters to the strongest plant when seedlings emerge.

Mulch to inhibit weeds and Fertilize every 3 weeks. Cut desired leaves

with scissors for successive harvest. 60-70 Days.

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Peas. Direct Sow 2 WEEKS after before last frost. Requires Full sun and

well tilled soil. Plant seeds 1” deep every 6 inches in rows 12” apart. Use

an inoculant if it is the first bean or pea crop in that location. Mulch

once emerged to retain moisture. Trellis or use twine for vines to climb.

Easy peasy. 50-60 Days.

Sweet Pepper. Start seeds indoors 8-12 weeks before last frost. Sow seed

1/4” deep in soil at 75 Degrees. Give 12-16 hours of light using sun + grow

light Each day. Transplant hardened seedlings when outdoor temps

reach 65 and night temps exceed 50 Degrees. Space plants 16” apart and

row at least 36” apart. Mature from green to red, yellow or orange.

Harvest in 70-80 days.

Pumpkin. Plant July 5 for Halloween Harvest. Direct sow well after last

frost to 12 weeks before first frost. Loves warm temps to grow. requires

Full sun and well tilled soil. Plant 3 seeds in a cluster 1” deep with 36”

between plants and 60” between rows. Vines will grow rapidly. Mulch

once emerged to retain moisture and block out competing weeds. Water

regularly as needed. Fertilize every 2 weeks. 90-110 Days.

Radish. Cool season crop hates the heat. Direct sow anytime between

first frost to last frost. Well tilled soil and full sun. Plant seeds 1/2”

deep 1” between plants in rows 12” apart. Thin to 3” between plants once

emerged. Radishes grow fast and can be grown with carrots to mark

rows and loosen bed soil for carrots when harvested. Plant every

couple weeks for successive harvest. 20-30 Days.

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First Time Favoritespeas, peppers, pumpkins, radish, spinach

Spinach. Spinach is cold hardy and can be grown from fall through early

spring. Direct sow 2 weeks before last frost into well tilled, soil with

full sun. Sow 1/2” deep with 6” between plants and 24” between rows. Thin

to 12” between plants when 4” high. Use thinnings and harvest baby

spinach early for tender and less bitter greens. Mulch and water

regularly. 40-50 Days.

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Squash. Includes summer varieties like yellow crookneck and zucchini.

Direct Sow after last frost. requires Full sun and well tilled soil. Plant

2-3 seeds 1” deep every 36 inches in rows 36” apart. Thin plants keeping

strongest seedlings. Mulch to combat competing weeds and fertilize

every 2 weeks once plant yields. Harvest young for tender squash and

prolonged production. 50-60 days.

Swiss Chard. Loves the heat and warm climates. Direct Sow 2 WEEKS after

last frost. Requires Full sun and well tilled soil. Plant seeds 1” deep

every 4 inches in rows 36” apart. Thin to 18” between plants keeping

strongest seedlings. Mulch once emerged to retain moisture. Fertilize

every 2 weeks. Water often as orka Drinks like a fish. Harvest young for

tender pods. 50-60 Days.

Tomato. Loves the heat and warm climates. Direct Sow 2 WEEKS after last

frost. Requires Full sun and well tilled soil. Plant seeds 1” deep every 4

inches in rows 36” apart. Thin to 18” between plants keeping strongest

seedlings. Mulch once emerged to retain moisture. Fertilize every 2

weeks. Water often as orka Drinks like a fish. Harvest young for tender

pods. 50-60 Days.

Watermelon. Loves the heat and warm climates. Direct Sow 2 WEEKS after

last frost. Requires Full sun and well tilled soil. Plant seeds 1” deep

every 4 inches in rows 36” apart. Thin to 18” between plants keeping

strongest seedlings. Mulch once emerged to retain moisture. Fertilize

every 2 weeks. Water often as orka Drinks like a fish. Harvest young for

tender pods. 50-60 Days.

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First Time FavoritesSquash, swiss chard, tomato, watermelon

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Awesome HerbsArugula, Basil, Cilantro, Dill and Rosemary.

Arugula. Peppery herb that can be grown almost year round. Direct Sow

as soon as you can work the soil in late winter for spring crop and late

summer for fall crop. Requires Full sun and well tilled soil. Plant seeds

1/4” deep every 2 inches in rows 24” apart. Thin to 4 Inches between plants.

Use thinnings as baby greens. Fertilize every 2 weeks. Cut leaves to

harvest and for continued production. 40-ish Days.

Basil. The king of Herbs is the staple of Italian recipes and is super easy to

grow and harvest. Direct Sow after last frost in full sun and well

tilled soil. Plant seeds 1/4” deep every 2 inches in rows 1 foot apart. Thin

to 6 Inches between plants. Can be grown indoors in containers. Fertilize

every 2 weeks. Pick leaves to harvest and continue production. 40-ish

Days.

Cilantro. Slang name for Coriander. Cilantro is the staple of Mexican

recipes and is super easy to grow and harvest. Direct Sow after last

frost in full sun and well tilled soil. Plant seeds 1/4” deep every 2 inches

in rows 1 foot apart. Thin to 6 Inches between plants. Can be grown

indoors in containers. Fertilize every 2 weeks. Pick leaves to harvest and

continue production. 40-ish Days.

Dill. Also know as Dill weed – it grows like a weed. Sow today and go

away. Direct sow after last frost. Requires Full sun and well tilled soil.

Plant seeds 1/4” deep every 4 inches in rows 24” apart. Thin to 12” between

plants keeping strongest seedlings. Grow with Cucumbers to make your

own pickles. You will have so much dill you will have to share. Go meet

your neighbors. 50-ish Days.

Rosemary. Flavorful and aromatic perennial that will produce year

after year. Start these Super tiny seeds with a long (2-3 week)

germination period indoors. Cover 1/8” deep in seed starting mix 10 weeks

before last frost. Transplant to 2-3 Feet between plants in well tilled

soil. Full to partial sun. Mulch once emerged to retain moisture. Pick

leaves off of plant to harvest 80-ish Days.

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Mark your rows or plants so that you know what is growing

where. Its easy to forget what you planted where.

Start very small seeds like parsley and oregano in starter

cups versus direct sowing to maximize Seed impact

Plant a few patches of bee loving flowers to invite pollinators

to play in your garden. Make sure to not poison them

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companion planting to get more bang for your buck..

`Plant taller crops like corn on the north side of your

garden to avoid shading other plants.

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