When I was first learning how to raise vegetables, I did not make a lot of “big mistakes”. Most of my mistakes seemed very small at the time. But, they still resulted in a lot of damage to my crops. This is because the small mistakes are often cumulative in nature, or they are not caught until it is too late to change anything. The majority of the mistakes I made are common gardening mistakes that no one talks about. I am going to spend some time discussing them because most of you will encounter them at some point. Fortunately, they can all be easily avoided with a little preparation or planning. Sometimes, you just have to be aware of these pitfalls ahead of time. Then you will not be scrambling later in an effort to fix something after it has already become a problem.
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