>>1077124I started by digging a few holes in a row where I wanted to plant. I treated those holes like pots and put good soil in them. I repeated this process until I had enough soil to make a raised bed later on. I make my own soil now from all manner of organic matter compost.
Using native, "soil," that is clay, is just a lesson in S&M.
>width of bedsHow far do you want to bend over to mess with plants?
>My zone is 10a, so not sure what that meansIt means my Zone 5 ass is jelly as fuck. You can grow just about anything you want.
>seedlingsYou need goo soil, that is about it. Since you are Zone 10 you can plant in the final location without much worry. Do you even have frost? That's the only major thing to worry about when planting outside.
>>1077133Where ever you've been starting your seedlings they need MORE LIGHT. I can't stress that enough. There's tons of homegrowmen who have leggy plants and you can tell them "more light" until you are blue in the face and they just troll you with pics of a single regular light bulb hanging a few feet over leggy pale seedling pics.