So very new to gardening and I need help!!

[Whitney77]

Hi there,

What part of Texas? Last weekend, I went to a tour in Duncanville, TX (10 minutes south of Dallas) of a tucked away farm where they were growing everything in their backyard from peppers, lettuce, and cabbage, to herbs, tomatoes and cucumbers. It was all on a tenth of an acre. They mentioned that they were going to be starting up square-foot/raised bed gardening classes this summer so that may be something you could look into. Hope this helps! If you google "Aquaponics and Earth", it should give you info about upcoming classes. They said they'd been doing it for a good number of years in texas so I'm sure they'd be able to answer your questions about what to plant, how much to water, etc.

[Charm Dreier]

Start out with a bunch of mulch. Just mulch the area that you want to garden in heavily, like between 6" and 16" of mulch, any kind will do. This will prevent you from having the rototill later. It will condition the hard baked soil and get it ready, nutrient and bacteria wise, for growing.