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I love gardening, indoor and outdoor. I don’t care for the heat so in the hot months I garden outdoors very early or some times very late. I have been known to put flood lights on so I can do some gardening in the cool of the evening. This fall I’m enrolling in a master gardening class so I can do an even better job. I read something interesting about natural eco systems which has somewhat changed my style of gardening. There are less destructive insects in a natural forest because of the plant diversity. It seems that some plants actually attract beneficial insects which protect the area from those greedy flower and plant eating bugs. Lots more to know I’m sure. I can’t wait for each day to see how my plants are doing and love taking care of them. Gardening is an act of faith. You put in a seed or a little plant and hope and pray that your work turns out well.

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Retard above me ^

first things first, it depends whether you are growing indoors or outdoors. Totally different ways to grow depending on which you are doing. Indoors will cost you a lot of money if you want seriously good bud. If youre doing it for the hell of it and just to see what happens (id recommend just going through the motions, no need to go all out especially since its just reggie weed.) then theres not much to it.

Outdoors is simple although you need, and i mean NEED to find a place with plenty of sunlight but impossible of detection, but thats a no brainer.

Regardless of the choice you need to germinate the seeds. Germination is when you keep X amount of seeds in constant moisture until they start to sprout and grow roots. (my friend kept about 5 rapped tight in a wet paper towel and kept it in his basement so itd remain damp, although there is probably a better way of doing this.) check on how they are doing in about a week, and if they start to sprout then you can plant them. Id start out with plastic cups first, a seed in EACH cup, because you dont want them to crowd because they wont grow.
Eventually you will need to transplant them into a much bigger flowering pot.

Thats the basics, if you want an in-depth description on every step, id recommend going on youtube. You wouldnt believe how many people specialize in this crap that have massive indoor growing operations, so check it out.
Hope i helped

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Hi,

The most affordable and ‘home-made’ way to grow your own plants is to either use seeds from your favorite fruits and veggies (bill peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.) or to buy packaged seeds. Some like to purchase a small plastic green-house type container that can hold 50 seedlings or more and even come pre-seeded for you. (They aren’t that big, so you can keep it in most places in your house without it getting in your way.)

If budget is an issue, you can use styrofoam or paper cups or some other creative means of small holders to start your plants in. These days, you can buy anything, so you can either go out and buy a cheap mulch or just grab some dirt from your backyard.

Because plants can often be tricky to grow until your ‘green thumb’ is cultivated, you might want to start by growing at least 5 of each flower/veggie type as a few might not make it for whatever reason. Keep the soil damp (don’t flood the little guys) and keep in sunlight up high out of reach of kids or pets (who always want to sit on them!).

After they are a few inches high and look strong enough to endure the great outdoors, transfer them to your garden! (The reason I don’t start seedlings outside away is because after trying it before, they didn’t make it for whatever reason and it was very hard to tell them apart from the other weeds that constantly try to take them out) Make sure you plant them in wet soil and keep them wet – especially for the first few days as they usually don’t like the ‘big move’ to the outdoors right away. Also, don’t forget to mark which plant is what during the whole process – a small but important detail.

Happy Gardening!

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Some information on the subject of Black Walnut trees and gardens near the trees.
Http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/common_questions_answered/archive/2008/01/10/black-walnut-trees-can-be-bad-for-the-environment.aspx
http://naturehills.com/gardening/blogs/helpful_gardening_tips/archive/2009/05/14/growing-black-walnuts.aspx

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Why don’t you try and buy a used one instead of all the chew of building it?

Also have a word with your local DIY store because they will damaged stock which they sell off cheap, many sheds are delivered with panel damage and are easy to repair.
I used to manage a big store and sheds are a bit of a pain, some are delivered with the wrong panels so again this might be an opportunity for you.
You can join panels from two small sheds together to get it to your size.

Another option could be to use fence panels but they will need some extra support.

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For the first couple of years,

you will spend quite a bit on your tools, pots of different sizes, bags of compost to make your soil good, Insecticide and fungicide spray along with other sprays which you will need, garden canes, cloches, water butts and hose pipe etc.

Its hard work in preparing everything and keeping it that way, but once done you will get great satisfaction when picking them fresh from your ground plus giving a few left overs to your neighbours.

It depends on how serious you want to make it and it can be more expensive than buying from the shops at times, but once you get the bug you wont be able to stop.

As for your information. You can get all this from your own P.C. Just type in…for eg… (growing cabbages) and it will give you all the info you need. ( Or preparing a vegetable garden.)

It will tell you how and when to grow all types of veg.

As for your seeds…Buy them off ebay, there are some good cheap sellers there. Don’t get paying high prices from shops or garden centres when you can buy them for 99p a pack.

You will soon learn what to do and what not to do.

Its not the growing you have to worry about, its all about getting the soil right. Just like I said at the beginning. Buying compost and adding all what you can to the soil to make it a good texture, as your veges wont grow very good just in soil alone.

Happy Gardening.