This beginner gardening brief is an excerpt from Vegetable Gardening 101. In about 20 pages, we cover common problems that home gardeners face each year and we look at easy, inexpensive ways to solve those problems without using toxic chemicals and pesticides. Topics include:
Challenges
• Diseases
• Too much/little water
o Drainage
o Irrigation
• Bugs
• Critters
• Climate /temps
Solutions
• Water Harvesting
o Rainwater
o Gray Water
o Runoff
• Strategic Planting
o Companions
o Intercropping
(Extended article, approximately 3000 words)