What city do you life in ? I am in fort worth texas and have read a lot on OG and on my 2 year of vegs . I love the dirt Dr and a book called companion planting , they have helped me so much , good luck see my photos of my new beds . I use fox urine to keep animals out of my beds , got it at a feed store .

Alfalfa sprouts is sometihng you do indoors, check out sproutpeople.com for good info.

Deer and rabbits will devour your plants, you will probably need a fence. Look up deer-proofing and rabbit-proofing on the web!

If you are buying starts (plants ready to put intrhe ground) you should have no problem with your selections, although some are harder to start from seed than others (eggplant, peppers).

I don't till and think its unnecessary, search no till gardening on the web

There loads of resources on the web and in books. The best advice is to start small so yuo do not get overwhelmed, ask questions of people in your local area to see what works and doesn't in your specific environment and don't get discouraged if you make a mistake or sometihng doesn't work out how you think it will. Every mistake is a learning epxerience.

I'm a big believer in digging up the soil to get it loose, and also to add and mix in a big bag of peatmoss (trash barrel sized). If Vegan principles don't rule it out, then a few bags of composted cow manure would be beneficial to the soil also.

I like to dig it a good 1.5 to 2.0 feet. Then after the peatmoss is added it is pillowy-soft to walk on. And it retains moisture very well.

Everything starts with a good soil, and then plenty of water and abundant sunshine.

If the red peppers are hot peppers, then, as mentioned previously, the seeds are "finicky" to get started. There are many places on the web that discuss that and how best to get the seeds going. My first time with them I was able to germinate most but not all of the 25 varieties I had purchased. It was fun to grow different types, but the most prolific producer was the cayenne pepper plants, and they pack a strong amounts of "hots" = capcaisin. The next year I tried germinating the seeds of store-bought fresh hot peppers, after first letting them dry out thoroughly. And that worked too ... and was cheaper then buying the seeds. But for a first shot, I'd buy the seeds. Then you also get written directions. If you can buy some pepper plants already started from a nursery, then I'd do that, as well as doing the seeds on your own.

Tomatoes may be the easiest. Buy them already started and give them plenty of water. Use tomato cages or stakes to keep the plants off the ground. I just use stakes. And twistees from a roll of "plant twistees" to keep the up on the stakes.

Some info on edible flowers is at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_Flowers and About.com has some very detailed lists of good ones and ones to avoid. homecooking.about.com/library...wers.htm

Be sure to take lots of pictures! From before you even break the soil to the end of the season, to when you have your harvest on the dinning room table. :>) It is fun to be able to look back at the different stages of growth. And hopefully we might be able to see some of them here? :>)

Check in your town to see if there are any community gardens. If so just wander over there some day and meet some of the gardeners.