Raised Beds Gardening.

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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.

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

It’s very easy to grow a tomato plant indoors even in winter. It may seem a bit weird, but I guess it could be weirder. I could be growing watermelons in my tub.

A quick tour of our raised bed gardens in Starksboro, VT. Looking very good this year.

The package says these will grow 12 feet tall. Holy crap!! Also, I always have time to say thanks to my subscribers and the rest of you gardeners. It’s gonna be a great growing season, isn’t it?

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.

A quick look around at my seedlings and the other items I planted in my garden already. An experiment between seed raising mixtures shows very different results. Also, the chickens are being naughty again Music: “Laid Back Guitars” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org

This video discusses general building considerations. Other considerations ~ Ceramic coated screws were used to avoid staining of the Redwood. Hedge row between the road and garden to minimize pollution. The spot can always be converted into an enclosure for goats or chickens.

*If you like the video please subscribe and hit that thumbs up! Hey folks, thanks for stopping in again. Here’s another quick tip to help you along with your balcony garden. We’re going to talk about creating a soil mix for your container garden. However this can also work for raised beds. There are many soil mix recipes out there, but after much research this is what I came up with. The mix seems to have a good combination of aeration and moisture holding properties while also being readily available in most big box stores. Here’s the recipe: 2 parts Potting soil 2 parts Sphagum Peat Moss 1 part Perlite Don’t settle for dumping a bag of potting soil in your containers! This little bit of work is well worth the reward. Your plants will thank you for it! Hope that helps you all out. Get out there and take steps toward preparedness and self sufficiency! Remember guys and gals…Plan for Tomorrow so you can Live for Today! Scott “TheXGrasshopper”

I am back in the dirt again… just playing inside the greenhouse.