Raised Beds Gardening.

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Here is a short video showing how I am building my raised beds for my backyard garden. I am using free wood and give you some ideas for how you can do this for almost free as well.

Things definitely seem to be growing in the raised bed garden. Warm weather and rain over the last few weeks has helped. Pretty much have the beds filled with only a few things left to plant.

John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to the local hardware store to share his favorite trellis material for use when growing a vertical garden. In this episode, you will become more familiar with stock, hog, cattle panels, welded wire fencing, and re mesh mats and rolls and how they can be used to grow plants up a trellis to get them off the ground. In addition, you will learn about how steel stock tanks can be used as a raised bed garden and finally how you can store rain to water your garden.

Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo Dating back over 6000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent seasoning in Asia, Africa, and Europe. It was known to Ancient Egyptians, and has been used throughout its history for both culinary and medicinal purposes…Garlic is easy to grow and can be grown year-round in mild climates. While sexual propagation of garlic is indeed possible, nearly all of the garlic in cultivation is propagated asexually, by planting individual cloves in the ground. In cold climates, cloves are planted in the fall, about six weeks before the soil freezes, and harvested in late spring. Garlic plants are usually very hardy, and are not attacked by many pests or diseases. Garlic plants are said to repel rabbits and moles. Two of the major pathogens that attack garlic are nematodes and white rot disease, which remain in the soil indefinitely once the ground has become infected. Garlic also can suffer from pink root, a typically nonfatal disease that stunts the roots and turns them pink or red. Garlic plants can be grown close together, leaving enough room for the bulbs to mature, and are easily grown in containers of sufficient depth. When selecting garlic for planting, it is important to pick large heads from which to separate cloves. Large cloves, along with …

John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to a new community garden in Boca Raton, Florida to share with you some best practices for growing in a community garden or at home. In this episode, you will learn some techniques that you will want to consider when growing food at a community garden or at home. After watching this episode you will discover the #1 secret for having sucess when gardening.

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.

My garden in progress and my rain barrel irrigation attempt.

After years of dealing with poor soil, I put in some raised beds for gardening. This was the first year and things went OK, although I learned some lessons. I am looking forward to making next year even better, then we’ll be able to enjoy big salads like AussieMark is used to making!

Visit BadBoyOrganics.com resource center Here is our update on our raised bed garden area