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Start a garden

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to start a garden: 8 steps, about 4.9 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to start a garden but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Check the light and soil in the space30 min
2. 2Decide what you will actually eat or use20 min
3. 3Sketch the beds and the spacing30 min
4. 4Prepare the soil60 min
5. 5Buy seeds, plants and compost45 min
6. 6Plant the first round60 min
7. 7Set up watering you will keep up with30 min
8. 8Weekly tend and note what thrives20 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.