Backyard Homesteading - Vegetable Gardening Basics Discover the step-by-step method to starting your own backyard homesteading operation!Welcome to Backyard Homesteading: Vegetable Gardening Basics! This guide will provide you with the knowledge to start and successfully grow your own backyard vegetable garden. I'll help you figure out what type of vegetable garden is best for you and your yard. We'll discuss how to get your soil ready for planting, how to keep your plants healthy, and how to keep critters and pests away from your vegetables. When you finish reading this book, you'll know (among many other things):1.How to select the best spot in your yard for your garden (Chapter 1).2.How to maximize a shady yard for vegetable gardening (Chapter 1).3.The pros and cons of ground gardening and raised beds (Chapter 2).4.How to select the best varieties of vegetables for your garden (Chapter 3).5.How to transplant, seed-start, and direct sow your plants (Chapter 3).6.Easy preventive measures to help keep plants healthy and pest free (Chapter 4).7.Easy organic solutions to deal with pests and plant disease. (Chapter 4).8.How to use green manure to improve soil quality (Chapter 5).9.Easy methods to protecting garden soil from erosion in winter months. (Chapter 5)