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raised garden beds
#2035355
02/22/17 06:22 AM
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HBWALKER14
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Any of you guys use a raised bed? Im looking at doing one for my backyard this year. If you have any pics can u post them up so i can get some ideas? Will be my first time. Thanks.
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/22/17 06:40 AM
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BhamFred
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I've got two and working on a third. Concrete block stacked three high, 16-18 feet long and 2 1/2 blocks wide. Faced with 2X12s for finished look, topped with 2X12 finished top edge. Not cheap, but will not need replacing in 2-4 years either.
Raised bed plants need more water than in ground plants, not as much as container plants. Be sure and stay up on watering.
I have 50 onions in one bed, fixing to put blueberries in second, and will have tomatoes and peppers in third.
photobucket ain't working for me or I'd post pics...
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/22/17 07:11 PM
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Mine are made of 2x12's, 8' long and 4' wide, leveled off of the lowest side, screwed together with a 2x4 stob driven at each corner and in the middle of the long sides, and screwed to the sides. Inside was sprayed then weed barrier cloth laid down, and soil to the top at the edges, and mounded in the middle. Mounding it in the middle increases the surface area available for planting.
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/23/17 03:03 AM
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BhamFred
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I decided to build mine high because of bad knee and bad back. Sure is nice NOT having to lean way over or get on the ground.
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/23/17 03:35 AM
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Are there certain seeds that need to be planted together? Whats your layout like? Like i said this will be my first time if i do decide to grow one so im clueless on the subject.
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/23/17 05:24 AM
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BhamFred
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I have all onion sin one, all blueberry plants going in another, and I mix peppers and maters in the third.
Skinny does a good job of mixing plants, maybe he will chime in.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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02/23/17 07:31 PM
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I've mixed 3 different varieties of tomatoes, jalapenos, sweet banana and bell peppers, and cucumbers in one 8x4 bed. Plant marigolds in every nook and cranny between them all to help in pest control, plus the marigolds are edible, too. Try to get real marigolds, Calendula Officinalis. If you can't find Calendula, you can also use Tagetes Erecta...still useful in pest control and still edible.
Well behaved women never make history.~ Out back Quit laughing...I think I broke something.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzen-Gruben, Baby...
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02/24/17 01:17 PM
02/24/17 01:17 PM
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Maggie123
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I have four beds that are 3' wide x 8' long and 3' deep, one bed that is 3' wide x 8' long and one foot deep and one octagonal bed that is 3' high with each side being 4' long. The octagonal bed is used for flowers and herbs because it is to large to harvest with out climbing in it. All other beds are used for vegetables and they do not have bottoms. On two of the newer beds, I attached a 2x4 on the outside end of each and attached ranch/farm panels to have a trellis or something substantial to tie/hold tomatoes up. Shows all beds-- Shows my older beds along with the octagon. Biggest thing is to not use treated wood on the inside of your bed. Mine are made out of cypress.
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/24/17 01:18 PM
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Maggie123
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We recently had two new beds made using tin, treated wood and cypress wood. All treated wood is outside the tin enclosure and inside wood and the top are cypress. They measure 3' wide x 4' long and are 3' deep.
Last edited by Maggie123; 02/24/17 01:19 PM.
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02/24/17 01:25 PM
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Maggie123
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If you wonder about the height, we had these made high because I have a bad back and this makes working my garden beds easy for me.
Also, for another tip, we used lots of filler/wood chips/clippings and such in the bottoms of the beds to help fill the beds; we then added top soil and then used really good top soil and potting soil on top. Each year, I feed the beds well and add to them when needed.
It makes gardening so much easier and WAY less weeding is needed. I already have one of the 3' tall beds planted with potatoes and another with onions and garlic. Once I harvest potatoes, I will plant another crop in that bed.
Good luck.
ETA: I also put earthworms in all my beds!!
Last edited by Maggie123; 02/26/17 01:01 PM.
Be kind to one another and tell the ones you love that you love them often. We never know what tomorrow will bring.
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/24/17 04:56 PM
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Maggie, you sure have a nice well manicured place.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/24/17 05:00 PM
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BhamFred
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nice beds, and nice place Maggie
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/25/17 05:45 AM
02/25/17 05:45 AM
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I don't have a lot of room and my yard is on a slope so I plant in buckets.
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/25/17 06:22 AM
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BhamFred
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buckets do fine, just have to water more often. I have to water my container tomatoes every day in june/july heat
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: raised garden beds
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02/25/17 08:09 AM
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Maggie123
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Buckets do very well for sure; I've used those and grow boxes with great success. All of my raised beds require regular watering, since they drain out easily. We are anxious to see if the new tin/wood will need more water or not with the metal we used. Late summer is wicked. Hopefully, I am going to have a drip hose irrigation set up for my beds this year.
I planted a straw bale garden a couple of years back to see what all the hype was about and used a drip hose system for that & it worked great. Don't know why I have not done this for my beds yet.
My English peas are up and fragile so I have been in the yard covering them with plastic for the frost tonight along with my banana tree that has already started growing. That wind is kickin up and it is chilly compared to what we have experienced lately!!
Potatoes are already leafing above ground but I will just throw some more dirt over them if the frost bites and they will come back. Onions are looking great and this bit of weather won't hurt them. I still have a hand full of onions from the fall planting that freezes have not bothered one bit.
Be kind to one another and tell the ones you love that you love them often. We never know what tomorrow will bring.
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