The sections to the left pretty much get you started if you are looking to become a vegetable gardener.

New Growing Techniques Increase Productivity

Grandma set up her garden in rows of vegetables and paths in between the rows.  She didn't use mulch, so she needed a hoe to control weeds.  She never added organic material to the soil so her soil was essentially dead.  These are just a few of the traditional gardening techniques that should be shoved into the past to let us move to the next generation of vegetable growing techniques.