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Getting Started
Plans, sites and first steps
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Choosing your site: where to put garden and home
Flood level, water, sun and slope — what to check before you commit to a spot.
Food Freedom: a year of eating only what you grow and forage
What we can learn from Robin Greenfield’s year-long experiment.
Majors, minors and rookies: planning what to grow
Put what your family eats most first and experiments last.
Site mistakes to avoid
Tree roots, poor drainage and “weed-free” patches — why to avoid them.
Getting children into the garden
Seeds and trowels in small hands — a lifelong relationship with food.
Which crops help most with the grocery bill
Cut-and-come-again crops give the best savings in small spaces.