hello from arkansas

hello all, new here and to SFG. have wanted to for quite some time. ill be building my first box soon and my first gardening attempt.

Hi CrystalSpider5. Welcome to our group from Atlanta, GA!

Please feel free to ask lots of questions. And we have a terrific archive area in the upper left corner (Search). Lots of hard-won info there...

Looking forward to seeing your garden & plans!

 from Redding, CA (way north of Sacramento). Looking forward to following your gardening adventures.

Welcome, CS5! From Ohio, here! Any gardening experience? Plans? Have you read Mel's books? Tell us more!

no gardenig experience. i have to second edition of the SFG book and have been reading it constantly. mainly planning on the setup. ill have to make a cover so my dogs ( 2 corgis) who will view this box of dirt as tho it were a swimming pool.

iam mainly planning on staying close to the plant guides in the book. wanting to focus on the so called "easy" plants to keep things as simple as possible to minimize trying to complicate things while i learn

Howdy CrystalSpider5, welcome to a very encouraging site that can help you in so many ways. Since you are new to gardening, you are VERY WISE to have a plan (following the book.)  If you can put your thoughts and questions out here, many folks who have experience in your neck of the woods or a place very similar to your area, can give you advice or explain how to avoid problems. A lot of us have been gardening for many years, and all that experience has shown me so many better ways to do things since I started reading this site.
You have a plan, and following the book is a good plan. Now you can anticipate what is to come, so you can think about things ahead of time and not be rushed to do something at the last minute, or get caught short and suffer through a catastrophic event. When you don't understand something, or have thoughts about something you are not sure of, ask about it here, chances are you will get at least one answer.  Sometimes you can get multipe answers which can get you to the same end by different paths. I hope to read about how well it is going for you, and remember we like pics here. Rock

Welcome CS5 from Ottawa, Canada.

Following the ANSFG book and keeping things simple is the best way to go for the first year. Once you get the experience you can branch out into new and exciting adventures with Square Foot Gardening.

CS5, Welcome to the Forum from California! Following the ANSFG is the best way to get going. Folks on the Forum will be your greatest cheering squad.

A hello from Beetles in central Pennsylvania to you, CrystalSpider! I had lots of spiders in my garden last year - orb weavers, wolf spiders, jumping spiders... but no crystal spiders.

Solid plan, keep us posted!

CrystalSpider5 wrote:iam mainly planning on staying close to the plant guides in the book. wanting to focus on the so called "easy" plants to keep things as simple as possible to minimize trying to complicate things while i learn

CrystalSpider5
from Kelejan   in British Columbia.

I also started by planting the easy stuff and doing a bit more each year.  Others go the whole hog the first year.  We are all different.