Garden Series: Choosing the Best Garden Location
- Shidonna Raven
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By Tim Goodwin
April 16, 2025
Source: Almanac
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Choosing the Best Garden Location
Before you clear your lawn or land for a garden, let’s start with five basics of choosing a good gardening location:
Most vegetables and flowers need 6 to 8 hours of sunlight a day.
Avoid land with lots of invasive grasses (such as Johnson grass and invincible Bermuda grass); it will be very difficult to succeed in fully removing everything.
Choose a level spot. Avoid floodplains or steeply sloped areas, as they can present challenges related to water and access.
Soil must drain well; if it pools water easily or grass won’t grow there, that’s not a good sign.
Heavy clay soil will also be challenging; in this case, we would recommend raised bed gardens.
We will break this section into two areas: 1. simply removing lawn grass and weeds for a garden and 2. clearing unused land for a larger-scale garden or small farm.
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