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This will be our first time growing, but we did help a friend last year with a similar size garden and with some of the same veggies. We have started researching and preparing our own organic garden and are almost ready to plant.

It's about 8x16 with decent soil already since it's been used previously. There is a compost bin close by which is already full and looking great. I started brewing a tea today.

We still need to frame it off and then we can work on the soil, all we have done is dug up the grass and turned the soil with a shovel. There are hundreds of nuts under the soil from a tree... it's going to be a pain in the ass. Any advice or feedback is great, Thanks!

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How much sunlight does this spot get a day? For a vegetable garden, I'd want no less than 6 hrs. of sunlight a day, more would be better. You say there are tons of nuts in the ground from a tree, so I assume the tree is nearby and shades the garden at some time or another and it isn't full of foliage yet since winter is still fresh in your minds in NE. Is the fence with the long top rail a property line? Because it sure looks like a nice location on the other side of it with all that sunlight.


I'm also curious why you're making a compost tea now. Are you planning to use it on other plants? I've only used compost tea when plants are already in the ground and I'll water them individually with the tea a couple times a month. I've never used it on bare ground before planting.

From the looks of your picture, I'd say you're in for some pretty serious work to get that ground broken up a bit more., It is good sweat equity and you'll appreciate what grows there a bit more knowing what it took to make it so.

Yeah a new garden. How fun is that. Good luck.

Yeah what is up with the compsot tea so soon. You could put it in your garden when it is done. It should help up the microbe count. But don't let it sit around and get anerobic.

The compost tea we have now is currently for other plants..as for the nuts, they are from a tree that was cut down a couple years ago, and they buried themselves under all the topsoil.

The area was used as a garden years ago & gets plenty of sunlight, and the property behind the fence is a horse field perfect for fertilizer

Thanks for feedback!