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I have done organic gardens in years past ut did not plant a thing last year due to all the travelling I was doing. But I will be preparing the ground next week. Have already planet the seeds and have a few sprouts.

Are you starting from seed or plants?

If from seed now is the time to start the seeds in small pots (maybe a little late but still do-able). There is a "green house" that you can get that is a shelved plant stand with a plastic cover. I have seen them at Lowes and Home Depot. It is small enough to move indoors if the weather gets too cold and the cover keeps the heat and humidity in. It will hold about 50--2" starter pots.

Use a good topsoil, compost, mulch mix as your starter soil and follow the instructions on the seed package for planting deptha nd water requirement.

To prepare the planting bed, firts spray with a 10% vinager (full strength) wih 1 tablespoon of dishwashing soap and 1 tablespoon of orange oil on any grass or weeds to kill it out. This is a non toxic weed killer. It works best to spray on a sunny day. After the spray dries, till up the ground and add compost an a good organic fertilizer as it is being tilled.

When you are ready to plant, add 1 teaspoon of Bat Guano (bat poo) into the planting hole. (do not over do it on the guano).

For pest control use a spray of orange oil at a rae of 5-10% orange oil and the rest water. For any fungle deseases, sprinkle some corn meal around and on the effected plant. Hortocultural corn meal works best but regular will work (this s also good for brown patch in your lawn). Sprinkle some dry molasis on the whloe yard including the planting area to stimulate the microbes in the ground that also helps with pest control.

The one thing if you have tomatoes that you cannot do--invite my grand daughter over. Year before last she was eating them right off the plant. Not a bad thing since no chemicals were used.

I had so many tomatoes, okra, peppers, and squash that my neighbors, kids, and us never went without. Oh, did I mention that my garden was 20' x 10' with only 6 tomatoe plants. They produced about 30-40 lbs of tomatoes.