Originally Posted By: msaeger
I am in zone 4 in a development with a 20k sq ft lot. They say to plant trees in the spring or fall so I was planning on doing a few next spring. I was thinking of just ordering a bunch of small ones from http://www.arborday.org then I won't have to worry about them all not making it.

We would like to do a garden too. I have really sandy soil so I think I would need to buy some or add something to mine. Maybe raised beds would be the best ?


Zone 4 means frozen soil in the winter? In which case spring planting is best. Raised beds would be a good idea for veg beds, it's also much better to irrigate via some kind of leaky pipe system, waste much less and you can automate it. You get hot summers there don't you?