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Welcome! I am in Spring Hill also!
You can start anytime depending on if you are growing winter or summer crops. I start my seeds indoors about end of Feb. so they are ready to go to the beds by end of March. Best planting guide ever, in my opinion, is the Farmer's Almanac. Yes, I use full moons, solstices, etc. according to the guides. We have a composter (big barrel on a swivel type turner) that we add our chicken and rabbit poop to along with leaves, top soil, and pine needles. We also have a compost pile that gets turned at least once a week. I also add some lime to settle down the acidic value. In 3 weeks we get some awesome planting medium and use it around the property to replenish the sand with nutrients, refresh soil in the flower beds, shrubs, trees, etc. In the planting bed we leave some barren areas and add the compost medium to that as well or the straw and poop from the critters. We water it all in so it absorbs into the dirt and runs off towards the established veggies. You do have to be careful about how strong the chicken poo is but you adjust and can amend with fresh top soil and lots of water if it is too strong. We have a 2 ft high fencing around the veggie garden and other areas where we have food growing. It keeps the chickens out. This year, we intend to construct a hoop style greenhouse. Oh, yeah. Then I can expand my fodder system.
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