This is my second year. I have planted now, red and white potatoes, red and white onions and chives, Broccoli, Cabbage, romaine and buttercrunch lettuce, garden peas, and carrots oh and strawberrys. Later around mid april I'll plant squash, zucchini, tomatoes, okra, cucumbers and various peppers. I put about 40 bags of manure derived compost over a 30x30 size plot and tilled it in well. I've sprinkled miracle grow weed and feed over the soil, and I've started adding fish heads and guts. Everything I've planted minus a few lettuce are holding strong after 3 or 4 days. I've replaced some lettuce and am hoping for the best. I transplanted some things like the lettuce, cabbage and broccoli. I'd rather start planting seeds straight into the garden that way I can cull to proper spacing and they'd be established in the soil. Can anyone recommend a good place to order seeds from? Seems like I can never find a store around here that has everything I want.

Some does and dont's or possibly some secrets to a success full garden with these kind of plants would be much helpful? I learned a few things last year. My tomato's did well at first then went to down hill. First I found a few horn worms, and then they would get black spots and rotten spots on them before rippening. What few bell peppers I got were about the size of a babies' fist. Did well on jalapenos, okra, peas and taters. I got plenty of cucumbers but I planted them too close and had cross breeding going on along with the zucs and squash. Thanks for any help.

Brad