Vegetable Garden

[Anonymous]

I would like to resurrect a vegetable garden in my backyard that was somewhat successful when the previous owners lived here. I know that I need to do a bit of work to till the soil and put up a fence around the area to prevent deer from eating the plants, when is good time to start this effort? When should I plant?

With the warmer weather, I'd like to get going on this project but not sure if I should wait until April or later. I'm a novice at all things gardening. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Make sure you bury the fence too. My first couple of years of vegetable gardening were unsuccessful due to a groundhog that dug under the fence that kept the deer out.

[Anonymous]

how big is your garden? are you in DC area? do you plan to start with seeds?

[Anonymous]

Normally this area doesn't start planting summer vegetables until mothers day. At very least I'd wait another month for the soil to warm.

Early spring crops can be planted now.

[Anonymous]

I started germinating our seeds inside already (wet paper towel in ziploc).