Plants are starting to sprout in the garden, the carrots ,kale , peas , and beats have all started growing out of the ground now. Most of the work in the garden has been weeding and plant observation. Their are multiple reasons as to why you should remove weeds and why you shouldn't. Weeds can have both a positive and negative effect on your garden. A positive effect of weeds is they "distract" harmful insects from your plants by being eaten by said insects, this means that the harmful insects will eat the weeds instead of your plants. However one of the negative effects is that weeds will "steal" nutrients from the soil and from the moisture in the soil that your plants need to grow. My advice?, weed your plants regularly for one week, then don't weed your plants at all for one week. Record how your plants grew with and without weeds and see which method works best for you. The vegetables that are going to be transplanted have also gone in, they consist of peppers, cumbers, tomatoes, beans, and broccoli. They will grow in a special bed indoors until they are ready to be transplanted out into the garden.
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