Good stuff. Makes me think I didn’t put nearly enough imagination into designing my garden.
Beautiful garden space.
Amortizing the cost of the garden, these will be the most expensive vegetable you ever eat.
Sort of like when we had chickens = eating expensive eggs. ;o)
Be sure to test drive different soil mixes. I found that the classic “Mel’s mix” dried out WAAY to fast in the hot Ga sun”. More ‘manure’ less peat made the difference.
Also go DEEP with your soil, You’ll be surprised at how it settles, and deeper soil for me allows the greater density of planting to succeed. IMHO.
Maintain a good pest fence, capable of keeping out bunnies all the way down to chipmunks. Bury the fence in the soil or tightly staple the bottom edges cus those critters can be diggers.
My bride doesn’t want my total square footage to expand, so SQ Ft gardening has been key to my gardening output.
Thanks! I’ll link this to our Weekly Garden Thread.
I have 16 raised beds, all 4’ x 8’ Nothing fancy, but I’m always looking for ideas to jazz things up!
What little garden I have is in kiddie pools, garden bags and tiny space in an older garden. I purchased a raised bed corrugated thing, but will have to use it next year, Lord willing and the *creek don’t rise.
Made the mistake of moving zucchini to bags because: rabbits. They got mildew, two of three survived and I am thrilled to have ONE zucchini at the moment. LOL
*Powers that be do not outlaw them or something
Thx for posting...just now planning a front courtyard garden.
The more I think about raised beds with sides, the more it seems like too much work. Since I have heavy soil, raised beds aren't a bad idea to help with drainage but I think this style is easiest.
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Maybe with a little wider pathways. If I make 3 inch spacers for the wheels on my baby tractor, it would be 30 inches between the tires and would be easy to make and maintain these. Looks like 100 foot but mine would have to be 50 foot.
Pro bed shaper
Homemade shaper
I built my wife eight 4’x8’x16” raised garden beds six years ago. We have been enjoying the benefits of that project ever since. :-)
The only thing that has been stopping me from making raised bed gardens is a lack of detailed plans. Problem is now solved.
Bkmk
Wanted to expand on it and add another 6x8 ft addition this spring but was too lazy.
Lots of fun when having to deal with all land being common area in my detached condo association.
I grow everything in a raised bed or container. So much easier and better yield.