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From seedbed to transplant: the complete guide
Seedbed soil, sowing, germination times, hardening off and transplanting.
Three keys to a good garden: sun, shelter, water
How much sun crops need, shelter from wind, and a water plan.
Intercropping and succession planting
Get harvests all year from the same space.
Growing tomatoes and pruning them
Staking, removing suckers and watering.
Organic pest and disease control
Neem, hand-picking, traps and keeping plants healthy.
A home orchard: guava, lemon, papaya, banana
Planning year-round fruit in a small space.
How to build a raised bed
Width, height, materials and soil mix.
Spacing plants: the risk of planting too close
Overcrowding cuts yield and invites disease — get spacing right.
Gourds, pumpkins, cucumbers: getting fruit to set
Hand pollination, direct sowing and trellising.
Sowing seed well and no-dig gardening
Sow into warm, moist soil; lay organic matter instead of digging again and again.
Extending the season: cold frames and rain shelters
Fog protection in winter and rain cover in monsoon stretch your growing time.