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Five steps to a summer of salads.
Pick the sunniest spot
6–8 hours of sun for vegetables.
Build a 4×8 bed
Untreated boards, about 10 inches tall.
Fill with soil + compost
Mix quality topsoil and compost.
Plant easy winners
Lettuce, herbs, cherry tomatoes.
Water deeply
Less often, more deeply.
GARDEN WEATHER
Live conditions in four growing zones.
MadisonZone 5b
2:51 pm68°
Sunny↑68° ↓46°
PortlandZone 8b
12:51 pm66°
Sunny↑72° ↓54°
AtlantaZone 8a
3:51 pm86°
Cloudy↑86° ↓56°
AustinZone 8b–9a
2:51 pm90°
Sunny↑91° ↓64°
ONE SEASON
Four steps to your first vegetable bed.
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Your First Vegetable Bed
One season, four steps.
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