Raised Beds Gardening.

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Part 3 of the raised bed expansion. This last bed in built into a deeper sloping hill. Next year I will need to add another layer (2 x 6 board) on top of the two layers I built this year. I want and think I need to in order to keep the grass out of the bed. My goal for 2011 is 500 lbs of vegetables. In 2011 I grew 175 lbs from 73 square feet of garden. This year the garden will be 188 square feet.

it’s officially spring, crocuses are blooming, bees are flying – what a perfect world. Music: Intro Aranjuez by Daniel Bautista creativecommons.org

PENNY REH goes for a trip to her local home depot hardware store, entering at the nursery section, to look for materials to grow her own food . She is all into building raised beds and putting in her own organic veggie crops, just look ho excited she is to grow her own greens!!!!!!!! don’t forget to take your pup in on errands whenever you can , they love it!

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 shares with you how he transformed his front lawn into an all-bed raised bed edible garden. He lives on just 1 acre lot and grows the majority of his vegetables. He shows you how you can too

Had great weather the past couple weeks. Light rain every 3 or 4 days and temps in the 70s-80s. MUCH better than last year! Last year we didnt get rain for over 6 weeks around this time. Brandywine tomatoes roma cherry tomato suckers snow peas sugar snap pea lettuce spinach wrinkled crinkled cress malabar spinach swiss bright lights rainbow chard bell peppers how to plant grow compost azomite pole beans romano radish carrots onions mustard greens dino kale georgia collards black beauty zucchini female flowers basil

Brian Kinghorn from Kinghorn Gardens talks about utilizing native plants for a more successful garden and landscape

backyardfoodproduction.com – Check out this quick & easy guide to preparing a garden bed with Marjory Wildcraft. The principles are simple, but there are a couple of things you NEED to know so that your plants are as healthy as possible.

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.

John from www.growingyourgreens.com visits a local Big Lots store to share with you some of items they offer that allow you to grow more food at your home. Some of the items covered will be novelty growing kits, containers, upside down tomato and pepper planters, cedar raised bed kit, and plant stands.