The ground will be so acidic from the conifer needles that it will be useless without loads of inputs - mushroom compost comes to mind as it is always full of lime. As other posters have said, just get a book, from the library if nec. The Doc Hessayon "Vegetable and Herb Expert" guided me thro my first years with an allotment. Just checked on Amazon and you can get a second hand one for less than 3 quid