Beginner Garden Guide: Start The Garden

A beginner’s guide for people who just want to grow something.

You want to grow your own food. But where do you even start?

What should you plant? Where should you put it? How many plants do you need?

Do you need a raised bed? Containers? A whole backyard?

And then you start looking things up… and suddenly you’re reading about soil amendments and companion planting and seed starting and pruning and fertilizer and spacing and somehow you’ve spent three hours researching gardening without actually planting anything.

It can feel like there’s a lot to know before you can even begin.

But you can start small.

What are beginner-friendly plants? What supplies do you actually need? And where should you even put everything?

Start the Garden walks you through it. 🌱

Let’s make this a little easier.

And after receiving countless questions about how I grow my own food, I created the exact resource everyone kept asking me for and one I wish I’d had when I was first starting.

Start the Garden is a practical starting point for anyone who wants to grow their own food but doesn’t know where to begin.

Inside, I dive into what to grow, where to put it, how much you actually need, and how to get your garden going without turning it into a giant project.

Inside the guide you'll learn:

✓ What you actually need to get started (and what you can skip)

✓ The easiest, most productive crops for beginners

✓ How to choose the best spot for your garden

✓ How to choose between containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardening

✓ How many plants to put in each pot

✓ How to build a no-dig garden bed

✓ Compost basics

✓ Watering tips

✓ What to expect during your first season (because every garden has a few surprises!)

A little about this guide

I’ve been growing my own food for 15+ years, and this guide brings together the things that actually help when you’re trying to get a garden started.

It's a grounded place to start when you’re standing in the garden centre wondering what the heck you’re supposed to buy. 😂

Because honestly?

The best garden plan is the one that actually gets planted.

If you’ve been thinking about growing some of your own food but keep putting it off because you don’t know where to start, this guide is for you.

You don’t need to know everything before you plant your first garden.

You can start with a few things, see what happens, and build from there.

Start the Garden. Figure out the rest as you go. 🌱

Let's grow some food!