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A couple months ago, I built some raised beds in my greenhouse. Judging by how well things are growing, that was a wise decision. The corn, cucumbers, and zucchini are doing extremely well, with everything else coming on right behind them. I have started the hydroponic growing with a test of some homemade Dutch buckets. I have also started building a hydroponic rail system out of 4 x 4 PVC post wraps to grow lettuce.

Learn to build a 4 x 8-foot raised bed. The construction will take just a few hours. Customize the bed to your desired size.

Get more useful tips for growing tomatoes here tinyurl.com Tomato plants have always been a hot favorite among vegetable gardening hobbyists and this trend seems universal. What makes growing tomatoes so appealing to vegetable gardeners? Perhaps, it is the ease of planting tomatoes that is attractive. Besides, the bright color of the tomatoes could be a draw too. Well, bright colors always look cheerful and brighten up one’s day. In case you are not aware, tomatoes come in many shades of colors – yellow, green, red, white and even purple! Tips for growing tomatoes in pots First, decide on the variety of tomato you want to plant. The dwarf varieties usually grow better in containers. But, if you want to grow full-size tomatoes, go for the determinate variety, which is more compact and manageable. Here are the items you need to buy to get started with growing tomatoes in pots: 1. Container / pots 2. Tomato plant 3. Gravel 4. Potting soil 5. Fertilizer 6. Compost Knowing your soil type will be useful in helping you learn how often to water. On average, you will most likely water twice a week. Sandy soil drains more quickly, so more frequent watering may be needed. Take a sample of your soil to your local nursery to find out what kind it is, if you don’t know. A soil moisture monitoring probe is a useful tool to help you evaluate and adjust your watering scheme when you grow tomato plants. It is inexpensive and easy to use. There are other species of nematodes that are …

I have been only been growing broccoli from seed for about a year but this technique works well for the novice. First, start your seeds in a soil box with your own compost and worm castings, water each morning, and keep indoors until the seeds have sprouted. Plant 50 seeds or more to be sure you will have some great genetic uniqueness. Then take the box outside and be sure there is plenty of morning sun so the broccoli has energy to grow. After the sprouts have taken off a few inches they are ready to be transplanted into gallon containers. Second, transplant the 2″ broccoli sprouts into the gallon containers, be gentile not to disrupt the roots and try doing it in the dark or late afternoon so the plant has time to recover before the next day’s full sun. You can grow the broccoli to maturity in these gallon containers but if you want sustainable giant broccoli that you can harvest every day I suggest waiting until these plants are around 6″ and then transplant into large raised beds that are 12″ or taller. Third, transplant into raised beds, water each morning, and keep adding your own organic compost as fertilizer for the broccoli. Keep the cauliflower larva (green looking worms) off the plant by picking them off daily and keeping the white moths at bay. Fourth, eat daily and enjoy!

www.allotment-diary.co.uk It’s now time for me to plant my garlic on the allotment so that it gets a bit of time in some cold weather to allow the clove to split and form a bulb later. It’s such an easy crop to grow and is as simple as breaking up a bulb into single cloves and just pushing each one into the soil so that the tip is about an inch under the surface. And that’s about it,just a matter of letting them grow away until about July time when they will start to yellow and wilt and then it’s time to pull up the bulb. I’ve got a Facebook page here at http

John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to Harvest for the Hungry to find out whats growing on. In this episode you will learn some techniques that are used to grow vertically as well how to grow in raised beds without sides. In addition, you will also discover about cardboard sheet mulching and using wood chips for your pathways.

Tuesday, 21 June 2011 My Garden Onions! The garden beds are 3mL x 1.5mW x 0.8mH. Filled with cow poo and a bit of sand mixed in. Beginning of Winter, Australia. SUMMER Dec, Jan, Feb AUTUMN Mar, Apr, May WINTER Jun, Jul, Aug SPRING Sep, Oct, Nov I have got some seeds from an old mate of mine (86 yrs old) and they are an heirloom variety of onion. The Spearwood Brown is about 50 to 60mm diameter with medium flavour. Cooks well and is light enough for salads, sort of. I am hoping to have a few go to seed and then share the seed to keep the variety going. There are 329 in this bed, 77 in the raised patch, 21 in the other raised bed, 40 out the front yard and about 60 in the potato patch. 527 planted out in all. I ran out of room in the beds. I didn’t think that they would all come up, but they did! This is my first time growing onions and I am hoping for a good harvest.

John from www.growingyourgreens.com takes you on a tour of his suburban front yard garden where he is growing many vegetables over the winter time. In this video, you will learn about some of the vegetables that can be grown in the winter time. After watching this video you will also learn about one of Johns new upcoming vegetables that is relatively unknown.

Building a raised vegetable garden- Raised bed gardening Installing vegetable garden planters 303-255-5554 www.patioandhomeimprovementdesign.com Watch as we build planter boxs for an organic vegetable garden.

After getting an early start at planting my garden, heavy rains then came and began eroding away my rows and flooding my pathways. At that point I decided to shore it all up with wood, thus making if a raised bed garden after already planting the crops.