Your first vegetable bed, in a small sunny corner of the garden

Trusted resources

Found and checked by your teacher. Lessons cite them by number.

1. [1]
   siteRoyal Horticultural Society

   RHS Gardening advice

   A grow-your-own guide for every common vegetable, with sowing months, depths and spacing written for beginners.

   rhs.org.uk ↗
2. [2]
   siteGarden Organic

   Garden Organic

   A charity that has taught organic food growing for decades. Its advice on home composting and watering fits a small bed with no chemicals.

   gardenorganic.org.uk ↗
3. [3]
   siteCharles Dowding

   Charles Dowding — No dig

   Short, practical articles and videos on starting a bed on lawn with cardboard and compost — the method this Course uses.

   charlesdowding.co.uk ↗
4. [4]
   bookCarol Klein

   Grow Your Own Veg

   A friendly, well-illustrated RHS book that covers soil, sowing and each easy crop in turn. Good to keep by the back door.

   openlibrary.org ↗
5. [5]
   siteUniversity of Minnesota Extension

   University of Minnesota Extension

   Research-based university guides on siting a vegetable garden, sunlight and watering, useful for checking a fact in full.

   extension.umn.edu ↗

Not covered yet

• Local timing: no Resource gives sowing dates for the Learner's own area, so they must look up their average last frost date themselves.