Started a new vegetable garden..with no harmful fertilizers!

Keep them well fed, don't over water and make sure you have them spaced appropriately for maximum growth potential. Let the weak plants go by the wayside and keep the strong ones. Watch for bugs and marigolds are good to grow around a garden that will keep bugs out.

I tried to find a site that can help, but wow, there are none or I am putting the wrong words in the search bar.. Here is what I do. I compost, so I use that as my fertilizer. I keep my plants weed free by pulling out the weeds when they are small. Using mulch also keeps the weeds down and whether you mulch or not, try not to step much in the garden, that packs down the soil which isn't good. As for pest control, it really depends on the pest and you can probably refine your search if you have a particular problem. But over all, the best defense against pests is to allow spiders, lady bugs, and toads to make their home in your garden. Of course make sure your plants have plenty or water and sunshine and you should have a nice, chemical free, harvest..:)

Our garden did really well this year with fresh corn on the cob and tomatoes. We used natural fertilizer also.

I start my seeds in March and then transplant them to our garden in May. This year, we had so much rain that it killed most of our plants. :( We do have corn, watermelon, pumpkin, carrots, tomato, broccoli and peppers growing though. We usually have cucumber and I make pickles but the rain washed those out. With the tomatoes I make spaghetti sauce. I love having a vegetable garden, it is so nice to just walk outside and pick whatever you need and not have to drive to the store and worry about where it was grown and whether or not you'll get salmonella from it! And like you mentioned, NO chemicals, that is the best part!

Sounds like you are well on your way to having a successful garden! Good for you. I do not like to garden. When I was a child we lived on a farm and I had so much work to do that I wore thin about raising veggies etc. I prefer to buy them. Also I am alone too so too much of it would go to waste!

Hi besthope! I use to own a really nice home with a really big garden. I was so new to the gardening world and learned so much with trial and error. I am a very picky eater but found a lot of joy watching my veggies growing. I use to give them all away and lots of friends and neighbors were always happy to receive them. lol. I grew cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, peppers, jalapeno peppers and cucumbers. I use to enjoy growing so many veggies, just so I can see them mature. I miss that as now I live in an apartment building with no place to grow anything. Enjoy your gardening and you will continually learn by trial and error also. Each year you will remember what went wrong and how to improve it.