Raised Beds Gardening.

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In our ever expanding raised bed gardeing projects, we’re expanding our north garden area and prepping the area for 4 more 4′ x 10′ raised beds. Now that all the materials have been delivered it’s time to build and install our new raised beds. Take a peek at what we accomplished in 6 hours moving over 9000 pounds of soil, humus, peat moss, and course gravel.

John from www.growingyourgreens.com shows you how he plants mint to help prevent it from spreading when grown inside a container in his raised bed vegetable garden. In this episode you will learn the advantages of growing mint in a raised bed or a container as well as how to easily propagate mint.

We built this raised bed garden for my Aunt Faye. She is 99 years young. After we finished this raised bed planter, she said “this is the best day of my life”. Faye is legally blind and lives by herself in Winnsboro, Texas.She sees enough to get around her house and yard, and lives happily and independent. She loves her gardens and she has the gift to grow anything. She is an inspiration to all of us.

This is a summary slideshow showing the various stages of building my raised bed garden out of cedar fence posts and 2×4′s screwed together to form a 4×4 used as support posts. I’m pleased with the overall result however i forgot to take drainage into account. If i had to do this again i would have done this out of cinder blocks. First i would level the ground and place flat concrete tiles 16″x16″x4″ (or poured a foundation) leaving about 3″ or 4″ between them to fill with rocks for drainage. Then I’d mortar the cinder blocks together probably going 3 levels high. I’d then fill the first 4-8″ of the bed with more rocks for drainage. Lay a screen of some sort on top of the rocks then add your soil. You could stocco, or something similar, the side walls if you wanted and lay down blocks on the tope level to create a ledge to sit on. I haven’t done any of this yet so it’s all “in Theory” but i think it create a longer lasting and stronger raised bed without increasing the cost too much if any.

Subscribe for new episodes: www.youtube.com Allen’s raised beds allow him to grow vegetables in a limited space. Have any questions for P. Allen Smith? Leave your comments and questions below! Practical tips for style, comfort and sustainable living from designer and lifestyle expert P. Allen Smith. Allen dissects style and function to reveal the tips that will take your home and garden to the next level. More from Allen: www.youtube.com More home tips: www.ehow.com P. Allen Smith is an award-winning designer and lifestyle expert and host of two public television programs, P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home, P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table and the syndicated 30-minute show P. Allen Smith Gardens. Smith is one of America’s most recognized and respected design experts, providing ideas and inspiration through multiple media venues. He is the author of the best-selling Garden Home series of books published by Clarkson Potter/Random House, including Bringing the Garden Indoors: Container, Crafts and Bouquets for Every Room and P. Allen Smith’s Seasonal Recipes from the Garden. Allen is also very active on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Allen’s Blog and YouTube as well as on the eHow Home channel. His design and lifestyle advice is featured in several national magazines. Learn more at www.pallensmith.com.

John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to the 2012 Chicago Flower and Garden Show. In this episode, you will see some of John’s favorite display gardens that have to do with edible landcaping and vegetable gardening at home. In addition, John will share some of his favorite exhibitors at the garden show that offers you products so you can grow food at home. After watching this episode you will be sure to learn a few things about growing food that you didn’t already know.

My father who passed away several years ago, passed on a lot of tips and hints for construction. He gave me a great gift of understanding that I am very grateful for. I am blessed to of been born into his home and the care of my parents. You can use a stair for curves and odd shapes, just press into the corner of the stair and follow the conture of the wood. If you have a large piece that won’t work on a stair, use the corner of a brick wall / building or other hard rough surface. I have found over the years that it is faster to use concrete then to set up and find sand paper. This tip is only good for rough and not fine finish surfaces. Fine sand paper should be used for smooth final surface use. -Acres of Reed

An update on the raised bed garden.

Gardening is a great way to relax and picking your own fresh vegetables is a real treat. Today on Around The House we’ll show you how to build this raised planter that’s simple to construct and will look great for years.

Gardening expert William Moss demonstrates how to build a raised garden bed.