>>1245858You will find that grass will choke your crops and leech your fertilisers.
That soil looks sandy, but fortunately, not too compacted. Consider sheet mulching.
Lettuce naturally becomes bitter as it matures. Harvest it earlier or neutralise the bitterness with vinegar dressing.
>>1248567You wouldn't bother growing anything you can readily get from a supermarket. Vegetable gardens are for those rare and delicious heirloom varieties.
Supermarkets don't sell the most delicious varieties - they sell the varieties that travel and store well. The best-tasting tomato varieties are too soft to stack in a display pyramid and their higher sugar content means they decompose more quickly.
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