Well, there were a couple of things I learned because of doing it all wrong the first time!   One was that if you opt to plant spinach,

you should plant a huge amount of it if you want enough for a family of four,   I planted a modest amouint of seed and harvested just a handful!

Another thing was that you have to get the stones and pebbles out of the part where you plant the carrots (I paid my kids small sums

for the coffee cans of pebbles they removed from our backyard garden plot).   And, it is important to thin the carrots when they begin to grow,

so that each carrot has space to grow in (even if it does seem like doing horticultural abortions)