Raised Beds Gardening.

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If you want to have fresh, home-grown vegetables all year round, the best and easiest way is to build a proper raised vegetable garden bed using untreated timber.

I built two raised beds with 2"x12" PT lumber. Knowing that PT lumber should not be used for edible gardening, even thought the manufacturers have changed the chemicals to a copper compound. I initially lined the entire inside of the box with 4mm plastic sheeting and stapled to to the top edge. I did not realize that the plastic would become brittle and shred.

I am wondering if I could pull the dirt back and paint Kilz on the inside of the box to seal it. Is Kilz non toxic? Is the new PT lumber really dangerous as it leaches into vegetable garden soil?

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In this quick video I talk about how I plan on starting tomatillo seeds in an old egg carton, then after germination, cutting the egg sections out and planting directly into our raised garden beds here in Arizona. I also plan on trying this method with the flower seed of nasturtiums. Thanks for watching my garden video!

This video shows how to plant broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage in a raised bed with a row cover.

I am a keen gardener, growing all sorts of fruit and veg – lettuce, onions (normal) carrots, strawberries, tomatoes, runner beans etc. 2 weeks ago, I went to harvest my runner beans to discover the snails and slugs have been at them and they were un edible. I now am in the dilema that I am running out of room in my vegetable garden – I have a raised vegetable bed to stop many snails and slugs, the only place I have left is the place where I discovered my runner beans had been eaten which isn’t raised.

I am desperate to plant (before it becomes too late) my pickling onions, but I am really worried that the snails will eat them if I pu them in the same place as where the runner beans were eaten. Are snails and slugs attracted to pickling onions? I grow organically and I do not agree with putting harsh chemicals into the ground/ on my veg so please do not suggest it, I use my horses’ menure but that doesn’t seem to be working either!

Thanks!

hillside is approx 35-40 degrees. It is unbroken ground that I want to till and build in raised beds with drainage for each. Ever heard of this? Know anyone that has done it? This is the best area of my yard that I would like to utilize because it is difficult to mow.
The garden that I want to plant in these raised beds is vegetable garden and probably a couple of blueberry bushes and maybe some blackberries. Mostly vegetables. these beds i would like to be 3′widex10′long ea. three of them total.

Our lawn was serviced by Scott’s and the weed killer was added to our flower beds and part of the vegetable garden, which I’m planning on seeding within a few weeks. Everything I’ve read says that most of the weed killers (except the non-selective ones like Roundup) are safe, but I can’t find any info on this particular product. The service company says it’ll be fine, but I wanted a few other opinions.

I planted pepper, cucumber, tomato and some herbs in my raised vegetable garden bed this year. The cubes, tomatoes and herbs are growing quite nicely but the pepper plants are struggling. It seems that something is eating the leaves and the small buds when they first form. The bed is surrounded by deer netting which, i hope, is keeping most critters out. So what could be eating at my pepper plants, and why aren’t they going after the other plants?

I have no idea. What do you think? Underneath is lawn that we are hoping will die once we raise beds.
It’s a vegetable garden .. we plan on planting all kinds of veggies. It’s a community garden.