[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[slowey at cox.net]

Chris Slowey
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slowey at cox.net

Hello, I have a 25' X 12' area in my back yard I have save for a vegtable/Herb garden. I'm planning on getting the soil ready this month and start my first planting in September. This is my first attempt at vegtable gardening and I have the following questions:
1) Are raised boxes good way ro go?
2) What size should the boxes be? Depth? How many?
3) Wher could I get good soil? Additives?
4) What the best watering? Drip? Hand?
5) Is there a basic class I could attend?
6) Would you recomend a basic guidebook?
7) My yard is an old citrus orchid?
8) Plants?

Please advise,  Chris