Raised Beds Gardening.

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

Follow subtac on Twitter: twitter.com Find subtac on facebook: www.facebook.com No Tricks or Secrets: People spend a lot of money to get someone else, who is supposedly an expert, to do things for them. Putting in a fence is a good example. It’s not complicated; it just takes a little effort and a lot less money. So get off the couch and I’ll show you how I am doing it. Building a fence, that is. In this video I will cover the simple task of mixing and getting concrete into your post holes after you have them set.

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.

I finished harvesting the rest of my onions & garlic today. All the onions were planting from seed and started under my LED lights. All the garlic was planted using cloves I bought on GrowOrganic.com. I finally have room for the rest of my tomatoes and peppers in this bed! Next year I think i’ll plant less onions & garlic so I can have room to get even more peppers and tomatoes in the beds nice and early. Normally you’re supposed to wait until the green tops fall over before you harvest the onions. A lot the ones I already did harvest before I made this video had fallen over, but I just needed to get these last remaining ones out to make room for the peppers.

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Amending the beds for a new crop! We’re using rock dust, compost, and tons of WORMS!! We’re using Azomite, as a rock dust, it’s full of ancient sea life and a very powdery, fine dust! www.rawutah.com You can find it locally or online, from places like groworganic.com You can also create your own rock dust from crushing rocks, or source it at local rock yard. The more diversity the better… For more information on soil…check out SECRETS OF THE SOIL” by Tompkins and Bird.

Follow subtac on Twitter: twitter.com Find subtac on facebook: www.facebook.com In this video I start the process of leveling a spot on the North East corner of the backyard and then preparing it to pour a 7 feet by 10 feet concrete pad. You see a quick montage of the leveling process and then I discuss how to calculate how much concrete I need to acquire for the job.

I’ve made several raised bed gardens and a compost bin using free pallets. Simple builds and best off all free materials!