When should I start my home Garden?

Grady Collins: When should I start my home Garden?
I want to start gardening, and I am planning to plant a few carrot seeds and a few lettuce seeds to get my garden started. When should I plant the seeds? I was thing around late March, what do you think? Also what other plants should I add to my garden, Also any tips for caring for the carrots and lettuce? By the Way I live in Roseville California, which is near Sacramento.
Also does it matter if its raining?

Answers and Views:

Answer by zandra_faline
If the temperature of the soil is over 60f… you can plant!
NEVER transplant root vegetables– they go straight into the ground where ya want them to grow… Lettuce can be started any time- and can be grown indoors too! It is cold-hardy, and will turn bitter and “bolt” when the outside temps get too high (over 80 usually starts it) grow veggies in “blocks” instead of rows for better harvests– and remember that you can put tomato and pepper plants in the lettuce patch after harvesting your lettuce– then plant lettuce again in early fall after harvesting your tomato’s and peppers!

Have fun!!!!

Answer by Dowlinggram
There is no set date or month to start a garden. You go by changes in the soil and weather. Not all seeds or plants should go in at the same time. Some like cooler weather to germinate and some like it very warm or it may be anything in between. Start your garden when the soil feels warm to the touch and there is no danger of frost. Your package of seeds will give the germination temperature, so when your weather is appropriate, that’s when you plant.

I don’t know if you get excessively hot temperatures, but some veggies lag in really hot weather–usually those that germinate in cooler weather so it is good to get them in early.

Lettuce radish peas and onions like cooler temperatures and can tolerate mild frosts. Tomatoes and peppers like it warm and should be the last thing planted. They should go in as plants not seed. Cucumbers and most vining plants like it warm but not too hot.
It takes a couple of weeks for carrots (and most seed) to come through the ground. Carrots prefer sandy or very loose soil

I guess that will get you started. There is much more I could say but I’d have to write a book. Look around and see who in your area has a garden and talk to them. You can learn much more that way. Don’t worry about bothering them. There is nothing gardeners like more than to talk gardening. The best knowledge you can get is from someone who’s been there

Good luck with your garden

Answer by AndrewM
Trying finding a forum or community discussing gardening and especially conside zero til organic raised bed gardening