Raised Beds Gardening.

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John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to the 2012 National Hardware Show to visit the Lawn and Garden Pavilion to share with you the best new products that allow you to grow more vegetables at home more effectively. In this episode, you will learn about the best products at this years trade show. In this episode you will learn about Emsco Group – City Pickers, Little Pickers, Hydro Pickers – Portable Soil and Soil-Less portable raised bed gardens for apartment condo dwellers and also their Deck and Rail Porch Planter Absco – Hexies Raised Bed Garden a simple, easy to assemble, tall metal raised bed gardening system that will soon be available in the USA. Panacia – Features made in the USA made trellis, stakes and tomato cages of all shapes and sizes. Grow it Now- Unique, Reusable Green House for individual plants that allow you to start your growing season earlier. Romberg – Offers German Engineered Coconut Coir to ensure your success when starting your seedlings in this eco friendly, renewable peat moss alternative. InGauge – The easiest soil moisture tested I have ever seen. Literally a dip stick for your soil. iGrow – a Solar Powered Negative Ion Generator for your plants that may increase plant growth and discourage pests. Eco Wood Products – Offers Eco Wood, a 100% natural, mineral based treatment to preserve the wood in your raised bed to prevent rotting. An environmentally friendly alternative to toxic paints and stains. Polanter – A Vertical …

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.

Making a little remodeling with flowers to attract bees. And transplanting asparagus

John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to Harvest for the Hungry to find out whats growing on. In this episode you will learn some techniques that are used to grow vertically as well how to grow in raised beds without sides. In addition, you will also discover about cardboard sheet mulching and using wood chips for your pathways.

John from www.growingyourgreens.com takes you on a tour of his suburban front yard garden where he is growing many vegetables over the winter time. In this video, you will learn about some of the vegetables that can be grown in the winter time. After watching this video you will also learn about one of Johns new upcoming vegetables that is relatively unknown.

Wooden Raised Bed Pyramid Planter Garden. Watch this to see just how the garden works. More information at frontiercarriages.com The Pyramid Planter Garden has tons of benefits. -Attractive raised bed garden planter -Perfect garden for urban or city homes with limited yard space -Also can be used for urban or city rooftops in larger cities -Prevents animals from reaching plants in the garden -Less bugs to deal with -Planter’s pyramid design uses less soil -Air enters through sides of planter for direct absorbtion -Planter has a raised bed up to waist height which eliminates bending -Maintain a raised bed planter even if you have aches or pains -Self-contained watering system provides water for your plants without watering them. -The planter’s attractive appearance is sure to draw attention to your landscape -Metal parts are powdercoated black for durability -Shepard Hooks can be added to the planter garden for decoration or hanging flowers For contact information, or how to get yours today, visit frontiercarriages.com

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.

Tom and Dave gave me an inspiring tour of their two gardens off the alley in downtown Vancouver (Chinatown – Strathcona). Found between Hastings and Pender Streets in the block between Dunlevy and Jackson Avenues, healthy vegetables growing in trucked-in City compost look up at the high concrete walls of local businesses. City Farmer.

See video garden calendar at organotill.org. Talks about using micorizzal fungi in garden beds to slow global warming as part of an intro to our no till gardening calendar. This is one of many videos that follows the gardening season chronologically in Kansas City and similar areas. We hope that people can follow along and work in their own gardens at organotill.org. Organotill.org features organic no-till methods used at Niles Home for Children’s Garden, Tracy Garden & elsewhere.