Raised Beds Gardening.

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Episode 1…. In this episode, our gardening journey begins! We are building a raised bed in the “square foot garden” style, except instead of having seperate 4′ X 4′ beds, we are having one large one (with smaller squares inside the bed). We did this because of limited space. Enjoy!

An addendum to my last update showing the results from an application of compost tea made from vermicompost. Accidentally applied it with a little assistance from nature, but it seemed to help the process.

Despite the rain and the saturated mulch, the soil was merely damp. Pulling the mulch aside, we make a small indentation in the soil. Several seeds are set in place, then a top dressing of compost is added. Thin as necessary.

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.

Using raised beds in the community garden as permaculture companion veggie gardens

One family explains how and why they built their first raised bed garden this summer.

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Here is how to plant a perennial asparagus bed. A well-prepared bed can produce for up to 25 years, though it takes up to 3 years to harvest your first crop. If you have a defined cold or dry season, you can grow asparagus. Asparagus is one of the first crops to emerge in the spring. Asparagus is a good source of thiamin, vitamin A and rivoflavin. Plan your bed carefully as the plants grow tall during the hot summer months, a great place is on the north side of your garden. Watch for more videos throughout the season on how to care for your asparagus bed.

I wanted to post a quick video update to show you what’s been happening in my garden. On February 15th, I started almost everything from seed in my house under my LED lights. Then on April 15th, I started putting all my plants out into the garden. Everything is already doing much better than last year because of the new things i’ve learned. I’m always learnings new things, and am happy to share what i’ve learned with all you other gardeners out there.

This is of our very first raised garden. The 2 raised gardens we bought from a company. (Frameitall.com)The video is a progression of when we first started back in March 6, 2009 till now April 2, 2009. So far thngs are going okay. I have to make sure we keep up with watering. It took a lot of soil for these 4x12x8 gardens. I will try and post more videos of our experiences. This is such a learning experience, with a lot of trial and error. Its a lot of fun to be outside and just in growing something for yourself.