Gardens, like diet and exercise, are all highly individual. They need to be. What's worked so well for my friend, Master Gardener Sue Sierralupe, for instance, seems to fail miserably for me even though her techniques are proven and so many of them are super easy. Why? Because she gardens in a way that matches her personality, physicality, and energy. She's naturally matched her garden to her constitution, and it works brilliantly!