Beginner Gardening: never planted a thing, and i want to start a garden, 1 by iPreach

iPreach wrote:
first thanks for all the help, i think i will start small. i am a former union carpenter so my building and hands on skills are very high. my thought is to till the yard then build a raised garden, maybe 12" high. i have already constructed and started using my compost barrel...so i plan to have an organic garden, made with only non-hybred seeds and starts. i have also included a picture of the yard. the small white stone "wall" is going to be removed this weekend which will give me 1/3 of an acre in the back. so about 1/2 of that will be usable, now i will probably start much smaller than that, but still enough to enjoy for the family. as far as time goes, i am now a Pastor and will have at least 2 hours daily to devote to it.

Brother Robert Ayres