Congrats on starting,
we are also just starting a big urban garden so we can grow food to eat. We HAVE gardened before but not really at this house. This is our first attempt at a BIG garden.
my advice is compost!!! and also flowers... plant things that encourage benificial insects to the garden. Biodiversity. Especially if you dont want to use pesticides.
If you planta whole area in one plant... the bugs will come and you will need beneficial insects to eat them.. lol
Good luck and keep us posted :-)
Sarah
Thank you very much! And congrats on your first BIG garden! We are definitely having a lot of fun and enjoying the work, so I can only imagine how much fun your guys will have!
Honestly, I have been thinking a lot about composting, just not really sure how to start yet! And I was considering planting different types of flowers as a border, but haven't done a whole lot of research on which types yet! So I will definitely start looking more into that, thank you!
Thank you so much for all the advice and I will definitely post some updates soon!