In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
The wicking bed, or self-watering garden, is not that mirage of water in the desert. Rather, it is one of the most user-friendly growing infrastructures for all the lifestyle, time-poor, lazy gardeners out there. Using the age-old idea of capillary action, water in a reservoir below is drawn up and into the soil, to be used by the plants as required. Ever dipped a tissue in a glass of water and watched the moisture climb up the fibres, defying gravity? A wicking bed works in the same way.
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I want to share with you 49 exceptional raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to start your own garden bed.
All life, whether in plant form or otherwise, is made up almost entirely of water and relies on it more than anything for survival. We ourselves begin life at our most water condensed version - approximately 75-80% of the stuff - but then develop more dry matter and regulate to 65-70%. Having once been obsessed with Survivorman, Les Stroud, I know that we can survive more than three weeks without food but less than three without water. This makes a few millimetres of moisture condensed overnight on a tarp a more valuable proposition than a mouthful of miniature rock crabs. Plants however trump us and are made up of around 80-90% water. It’s a statistic that always reminds us that, while we may forget to do any number of things in the garden, the one thing we mustn’t forget is to water. This unfortunately is never the case. The simple truth is that we’re constantly forgetting to give our plants the one thing they are screaming at us for, and for those joking about having black thumbs of death - do you see your plants laughing? No, nor can your hear their piercing shrills and cries for hydration. Read more....
In this article, I want to share with you 49 exceptional raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to start your own garden bed.
The steps to creating a kitchen garden sound deceptively easy: build some raised beds, plant vegetables, harvest. Last week when we featured LA garden desi
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
Four garden designers share their favorite ornamental and edible plants (aka "edimentals") that provide both beauty and bounty.
Flowers Teresa from Meadowbrook Farm knows her zinnias! Her favorite varieties are Magellan and State Fair. Another variety she like is Cactus. Click here to see her other must have annuals. photos from Meadowbrook Farm Year Round Lettuce and Spinach in Containers How to Grow Lettuce - Easy Methods For Success Indoor Vegetable Gardening - Virginia Cooperative Extension - scroll down for section about growing indoors A Winter Container Garden - great article from Mother Earth News I'm dreaming of: I'm dreaming of... defined, non-muddy, weed-free, spacious pathways like the ones shown here from My Everyday Graces. Her post tells how she got the mulch for free. I'm dreaming of... raised beds, arranged with a plan in mind, in an enclosed area to keep out deer - and it should be pretty. I can't remember my source for this picture, but I'll keep looking Here's another good wonderful example found on Home Design Decorating. ... and another found on Sunset. Also see Sunset's Perfect Raised Bed. I'm dreaming of... a garden the deer can't get to. Here's an interesting idea from The Tucson Gardener. I think a high fence would be more practical for us. Beekman 1802 has a ton of ideas about Raised Bed Covers. I am really enjoying browsing their site... lots of good ideas! Also from Beekman 1802 - a post on trellises I'm dreaming of... fun, interesting, pretty trellises. Here's a good one found on Garden in a Minute's Flickr page. Lots of people sink PVC pipe in 2 or 4 spots in their raised beds to use as trellis supports. I found this example from lantanascape on Garden Web. Her trellis is made from electrical conduit. I'm dreaming of... a neat and tidy composting system from Clifford Country B&B Gardens - their raised bed garden is pretty, too. I'm dreaming of... a welcoming entrance to the garden. This one is at the Ash Lawn home of our 5th president, James Monroe. We may need two entrances. Of course Martha Stewart has gardens suitable for anyone's dreams! Her fence would certainly deter the deer . Raised Bed / No Till Gardening: "Soil compaction can reduce crop yields up to 50 percent. Water, air and roots all have difficulty moving through soil compressed by tractors, tillers or human feet. Plows, tillers or spades are the usual answers to this problem. But gardeners can avoid the problem by creating beds narrow enough to work from the sides. Organic matter can be increased greatly without getting bogged down, because raised beds drain better." Planting a Garden the No Till Way - from Jami at An Oregon Cottage "...I have very few weeds the entire remainder of the season. Honest! I don't need to cultivate, I never have any problem finding the seedlings because of weeds, and I can leave for a week and not come back to chaos." Raised Bed Vegetable Garden Design and Planning - Vegetable Gardening Online No Till Gardening - Oregon State University "...the no-dig method... Not only does it use less water, she says, it discourages weeds, improves the soil, and reduces labor for tilling and weeding." Build Your Own Raised Bed Garden - from The Pioneer Woman "...I have raised vegetable beds around my house, and I love them so much I add a couple every year." A Simple Raised Garden Plan - from Raised Bed Gardeing Blog "...Raised beds produce a variety of benefits: they extend the planting season; they reduce the need to use poor native soil; and they can reduce weeds if designed properly. Since the gardener does not walk on the raised beds, the soil is not compacted and the roots have an easier time growing. The close plant spacing and the use of compost generally result in higher yields with raised beds in comparison to conventional row gardening." Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens - Colorado State University Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens - Squidoo "...it is relatively easy to attach a framework of flexible PVC tubing to a raised garden bed over which you can place either clear plastic to create a greenhouse effect to extend your growing season even more, or some netting to prevent pests from getting to your vegetables..." How to Build a Raised Bed - interesting plan from Erin Covert Planting Guides and Charts: Central Alabama Planting Guide - a great guide for zone 7b, which is the same as Atlanta. Southeast Planting Zones Crop Rotation Chart - The Yankee Gardener Crop Rotation - Garden Organic Crop Rotation - Your Organic Gardening Blog Typical Harvest Dates in Georgia - good chart How to Plant Just about Everything - from Kitchen Stewardship Seed Starter Containers: Make Seed Starter Pots From Newspapers, Method 1 - Slide Tutorial Make Seed Starter Pots From Newspapers, Method 2 - Get the newspaper moist, using two containers that are the same size, line one with the newspaper and press in with the other container. Remove the second container and let the newspaper dry. Use this to plant your seeds, and when your plants come up and are ready to plant in the garden, you can plant the newspaper pot and all. The newspaper will decompose over time. Save eggshell halves for starting seeds. Use a tack to poke a drainage hole in each half then place the eggshell halves into an egg carton. Fill each shell with potting soil then add seeds and water.When it is time to plant seedlings, squeeze the eggshells to crush them then put the whole thing into the ground. Cardboard or Styrofoam egg cartons can be used to start seeds. Fill each cup with soil then plant seeds. If you use a Styrofoam carton poke a hole in the bottom of each cup for drainage. Yogurt Containers Cardboard coffee takeout trays are perfect and work well as seed starter pots. Source 1 Reminders for Next Year: Hang the trellis fences higher so it will be easier to weed. Dad wants to try Romano beans. Try at least two no-till raised beds. Space the rows further apart!!! Space the plants further apart. Mulch when planting. Plant less. Do something about the deer. Garden Markers: Fun Idea from Scraps and Scribbles Worm Farms (Vermiculture) Vermiculture Blog - I found lots of info on this blog including many of the videos below Setting Up the Worm Factory - YouTube video Cheap and Easy Worm Farming Worm Bin Temperature - lots more info on this site Temperature Extremes Have Their Challenges - another good info site Wood Worm Farms - supposedly better for outside use... year round Setting Up a Simple Bed: Global WORMing - love this video Vermiculture - plywood bin at blog - Mesa Lane COW Unwrapped - picture set showing how to set up Can of Worms bin Composting With Worms, Earth 911 - Ordering Seeds: Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - Virginia Johnny's Selected Seed - Maine Heirloom Seeds - Pennsylvania - They only sell open pollinated seeds - no hybrids! :-D -special page for Southern Favorites Seeds of Change - New Mexico Seed Savers Exchange - Iowa - non-profit, heirloom seeds Renee's Garden - California -some heirloom & open-pollinated Bountiful Gardens - California - heirloom, open-pollinated Amazon - a variety of vegetable seeds, some heirloom, different brands MISC: Thrifty and Money Saving Gardening Ideas and Tricks Cheap Tricks for Seed Starting Winter sowing - in plastic jugs and bottles - click here for explanation Edging and Compost Talk - from Donna at Funky Junk Interiors Fabulous Tomato Cages - also see recommendation on blog, Four Hills of Squash - here and here When to Pick and How to Ripen Pears to Perfection - great article!
In this article, I want to share with you 49 exceptional raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to start your own garden bed.
All life, whether in plant form or otherwise, is made up almost entirely of water and relies on it more than anything for survival. We ourselves begin life at our most water condensed version - approximately 75-80% of the stuff - but then develop more dry matter and regulate to 65-70%. Having once been obsessed with Survivorman, Les Stroud, I know that we can survive more than three weeks without food but less than three without water. This makes a few millimetres of moisture condensed overnight on a tarp a more valuable proposition than a mouthful of miniature rock crabs. Plants however trump us and are made up of around 80-90% water. It’s a statistic that always reminds us that, while we may forget to do any number of things in the garden, the one thing we mustn’t forget is to water. This unfortunately is never the case. The simple truth is that we’re constantly forgetting to give our plants the one thing they are screaming at us for, and for those joking about having black thumbs of death - do you see your plants laughing? No, nor can your hear their piercing shrills and cries for hydration. Read more....
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I want to share with you 49 exceptional raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to start your own garden bed.
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I want to share with you 49 exceptional raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to start your own garden bed.
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
In this article, I'll be sharing 20 raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to create your own. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out,
Making liquid compost from weeds is easy, free and good for the environment as well as being amazing for feeding all the plants in your veggie patch.
A border of plants around a vegetable patch can be useful and decorative. Here are ideas for edging plants to surround the kitchen garden.
In this article, I want to share with you 49 exceptional raised garden bed ideas that will inspire you to start your own garden bed.
Fresh herbs and vegetables can transform any meal into a masterpiece and no matter where you live, there are loads of seeds or seedlings to help get you started
Need help getting your lettuce patch up to snuff? Read our guide for the best tips to grow leaf and head types in veggie patches, raised beds, and containers.
