| Planting a backyard garden can be a fun and | | | | spring up. But most garden soils require careful |
| rewarding experience if you approach the planning | | | | attention and preparation. |
| and preparations aspect of gardening in the right | | | | Choosing a Plot |
| way - but a lack of planning and preparation can | | | | A common mistake among beginning and |
| cause your hard work in the hot summer months | | | | experienced gardeners alike is to plant more than |
| to yield mediocre results (if any) at the end of | | | | they can possibly care for. A successful vegetable |
| the growing season. | | | | garden plot does not need to be big. A small, |
| Perhaps somewhere in the world, the key to | | | | well-tended garden will grow as much or more |
| successful gardening is simply dropping a handful | | | | produce than a larger one that the owner cannot |
| of seeds into the ground and watching them | | | | keep up with. |