When you volunteer, do not be afraid to ask lots of questions. We all learn by doing the work. You are going to love gardening.
Go to this link, click onto a veggie, scroll way down the screen to learn all the information such as watering and fertilizing:
Organic means no chemicals are used. Learn about organic fertilizers. Watering and weeding are all you really have to do. Vegies pretty much grow themselves.
I live in the tropics so i dont have any idea about the climate over there however the best thing you couldo is to observe how farmers in you place grow veg try also asking them. It is better than reading those tech books try it
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