Newbie from Ohio

[Fishychix]

Hello!
I've been on the sister sites BYC & BYH for a while, but am new to this one! I love gardening, but am convinced it is a study in madness. I keep doing the same thing, but expect a different result each time . I do not have a naturally green thumb. Which is what brings me here.
I have a couple of raised beds for veggies and some flower beds that also contain some herbs. At least those I haven't killed.

 

[Moon888]

Hello!
I've been on the sister sites BYC & BYH for a while, but am new to this one! I love gardening, but am convinced it is a study in madness. I keep doing the same thing, but expect a different result each time . I do not have a naturally green thumb. Which is what brings me here.
I have a couple of raised beds for veggies and some flower beds that also contain some herbs. At least those I haven't killed.

Welcome!
Yes, likewise a newbie to TEG : ) I have been battling with my gardening "skills" in Australia for a few years now, and I am starting to wonder whether there is just too much rain lately (rotting the seedlings) or whether it is rats, and wallabies who are eating seeds and new shoots? Anyway, my growing tunnel is not ready, and when it is, we will see how things go then : )

 

[flowerbug]

it helps to try to take time each day to check things out and try to observe what is happening.

if you aren't sure what certain plant seedlings look like and the conditions they need to do best you can try doing some pots of varying types of moisture levels. aside from that damping off can certainly be an issue so using a sterile seed starting medium might be an approach to try to see how that goes.

gardening can be a lifetime hobby and you will learn a lot each season as you go along.

my main suggestion to start out is to grow things you like to eat and pick a few different varieties of each of them so you have a diversity in plantings and also to stagger plant some too because then you can get a longer harvest of things you like to eat.

not overdoing it is also a challenge. start small and try not to make permanent decisions because as you learn you may find out that your first attempts really get in the way (this all learned the hard way here as we have many tons or rocks and hardscape stuff in the way and all changes take a lot of efforts and as i get older those efforts are harder to schedule and get done because i also now have more care-taking of other things going on).

 

[Dahlia]

Hello!
I've been on the sister sites BYC & BYH for a while, but am new to this one! I love gardening, but am convinced it is a study in madness. I keep doing the same thing, but expect a different result each time . I do not have a naturally green thumb. Which is what brings me here.
I have a couple of raised beds for veggies and some flower beds that also contain some herbs. At least those I haven't killed.

Welcome to the forum from the Pacific Northwest!

 

[Fishychix]

it helps to try to take time each day to check things out and try to observe what is happening.

if you aren't sure what certain plant seedlings look like and the conditions they need to do best you can try doing some pots of varying types of moisture levels. aside from that damping off can certainly be an issue so using a sterile seed starting medium might be an approach to try to see how that goes.

gardening can be a lifetime hobby and you will learn a lot each season as you go along.

my main suggestion to start out is to grow things you like to eat and pick a few different varieties of each of them so you have a diversity in plantings and also to stagger plant some too because then you can get a longer harvest of things you like to eat.

not overdoing it is also a challenge. start small and try not to make permanent decisions because as you learn you may find out that your first attempts really get in the way (this all learned the hard way here as we have many tons or rocks and hardscape stuff in the way and all changes take a lot of efforts and as i get older those efforts are harder to schedule and get done because i also now have more care-taking of other things going on).

I have pared down to what we actually will eat. It took a long time to admit I cant grow it all, or even any of certain things.
I do agree to start some things in pots that youre not sure of. Im pretty certain I "weeded" the wrong things a couple of years ago, because I had nothing but weeds in some areas. Or, leave it alone and watch it. Don't pull up every green thing that you don't think should be there.
Be patient and as long as you enjoy it, you're doing it right.