[Blueflag]

So true. Not just keeping the plants alive until harvest but ESPECIALLY getting the soil ready. In my experience it takes three seasons to get suburban yard soil ready to produce.

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm opening new ground this year to extend my big garden. It will be several years before it's really productive like the rest of the garden is.

That takes a lot of work, and a lot of knowledge and skills that you don't really learn from a book.

/johnny