Our vegetable garden is located near a tree. Any advice?
This year we put in raised beds in the hope that new (organic) garden soil amended with compost will yield a better harvest this year. We have yet to start fertilizing. We have been watering and will start fertilizing this evening. Plants have been in place for about 6 weeks. I think the tree is the problem although we will see if fertilizing helps to improve things. We were advised to either move the garden or do the raised beds. Any comments?
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