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Student Najia Yarkhan describes the raised gardening bed she and her teammates developed out of old shutters for an Engineering 100 class at the University of Michigan. The beds are designed to provide a way for lower-income families to garden on a small, manageable scale.

Update on our gardening process this last week in our backyard. The greenhouse structure hasn’t changed since our last greenhouse building video but lots of other things are coming along. More herbs are coming up in our herb garden and we have some seeds and seedlings planted in our raised square foot garden beds. If you have a trick for controlling “creeping charlie” weeds, please share. It isn’t an ugly weed but it chokes things out.

Charles Murphy, Durham County Master Gardener Volunteer, prepares a garden bed for new fall crops.

EarthRecycle™ raised garden beds are lightweight and durable, but most importantly, they allow you to grow food like mad. The garden beds are designed for use in unfriendly conditions, and so can be located on almost any surface, from gravel lots to blacktop. Those “dead areas” can actually become useful growing spaces instead. The circular design allows maximum growing area and access for multiple gardeners, all while maintaining a small footprint. However, the flexible material means gardens can be created in any shape, allowing them to fit the available area. The beds are scalable, so you can plant as much or as little as desired. Programs can be built around individual gardens, buddy teams, or even entire class or community projects, just by shrinking or growing the bed size. The panels are rugged, lightweight, intuitive to use, and theyre made in the USA from 100% recycled plastic. EarthRecycle™ raised garden beds can be assembled in minutes by gardeners of almost any age or ability and are the ultimate solution for School or Community Garden Programs.

We are finally at the stage of planting. With the kids help we get our two beds planted with the beginning of our salsa making veggies.

Oklahoma Gardening’s Kim Rebek talks about how many gardeners are seeing watery strawberry fruits this summer and addresses how to combat that problem and rejuvenate strawberry plants.

“Community gardens represent a growing trend in America, and allow citizens to come together in a common goal,” Kingsport City Manager John Campbell said Tuesday. “These goals include helping feed the hungry, putting a bit of fresh produce on the table, and bringing people together to build a stronger sense of place and community.” This particular garden provides fresh produce for several local food kitchens and food pantries, as well as local residents and consists of 39 raised beds, two of which are wheelchair assessable, and anyone is welcome to plant, tend plots and volunteer. Planting beds are assigned each season, with committed HOH veteran gardeners first, then newcomers on a first-come, first-serve basis. Filmed on October 22nd, 2011.

Raised beds are a great way to add interest to your garden. This simple video takes you through the easy steps on creating a raised bed for your plants. Go to www.digthedirt.com for more information

The field veg plots all turned over and neat