The First Season
Once the garden has been installed it's important to care for it in the most basic ways during the first 2 weeks to 2 months.
- The plants are small and don’t have strong, developed roots to hold them firmly in the ground during a heavy rain.
- Nor will the roots allow the plant to search for water in the soil.
- You will need to watch the plants over time to make sure they don’t wilt and die in the hot sun or get washed out in a heavy rain.
This course assumes you have planted your garden in the spring or the summer which is the optimal time to plant. Doing this will give your garden up to 6 months of warm and often wet growing time. It will also give you a chance to have a fairly hearty garden by late fall and into winter.
4 Lessons