#raised bed gardening

[fox-bright]

Calculations:

The new wide raised garden beds are 4x8x1, but I put sticks and grass cuttings at the bottoms, so let's say 1cu.yd per. Four of those, so 4cu.yd.

The new narrow raised beds are 9x3x1, sticks and grass in those as well, so a little less than 1cu.yd per. Two of those, so say 1.80cu.yd.

Ordered 6.25cu.yd of garden mix from the Luxury Dirt Store for delivery at Too Early tomorrow. Each cubic yard weighs about 1.25 ton. So that's around eight tons, if they don't short me. I've never ordered from this company before, but the lady on the phone was nice enough.

I'll be moving it, probably, in five-gallon buckets, which hold a little over .5cu.ft each. At 27 cubic feet to the cubic yard, that's approximately 50 bucket trips per wide garden bed. 200 buckets for the four big beds, then another 100 buckets-ish, maybe more like eighty or ninety, for the two narrower beds. Five hundred buckets is 250 trips if I carry one in each hand.

I am going to spend tomorrow (and the day after, and the day after) moving eight tons of soil, first with shovels and then with buckets (or else, shovel it into my little cart-wagon, drag cart to the bed, then empty it with the shovel).

At least it'll be good for the muscles, eh?

#fox gardens #luxury dirt #gardening #garden #raised bed gardening

[themightyfoo]

Today's harvest from our square foot garden

#gardening #gardenblr #gardeners on tumblr #square foot gardening #raised bed gardening #grow your own food #grow some of your own food #climate solutions #things you can do to fight climate change #not the house of have-tos

[becomingkatie]

Turned vegetables into dessert this weekend. The carrots tasted fantastic. The cake is meh. Not a recipe I’ll repeat. The harvest was lovely, as I had theo’s help.

#gpoy #me #personal #theo #farmer katie #gardening #raised bed gardening

[earthkeyper]

Enclosed raised bed garden

More progress on the garden

#nature #garden #raised bed gardening #self sufficiency #food #grow food #constuction

[halleehalfgallon]

#garden #gardening #rose garden #strawberry #fresh strawberries #yellow roses #roses #flower garden #vegetable garden #plants #rural living #maine #new england #homestead #wattle fence #homesteading #living off the land #raised bed gardening #raised bed #home #nature #in the woods #woodsliving #cottagecore #simple life #simple living #slow living #slowlived #earth #gardencore

[invoke-parlay]

Before and after a much needed weeding!!! So much grass!!

June 26, 2023

#nature #garden #community gardening #raised bed gardening #garden beds #good #plants #farming

[blatantescapism]

Can I brag about my wife who designed and built four 4’ by 8’ raised beds

and filled them with slash and compost and dirt

100% by herself, with her strong sexy biceps

and then when my health issues held me back from planting peas in the field like I planned

she let me use one of the beds! so I could still have peas! Even though she had other plans for it!

Look at these beds my wife made

Here’s her freshly transplanted broccoli

#raised bed gardening

[snotsloth]

Finally finished filling the second raised bed just in time to plant out winter kale this weekend. I need to strengthen my upper body more this year so come next year, I can haul 40lb bags of cow shit compost without hurting myself.

#gardening #vegetable garden #raised bed gardening

[woodenbowls]

#gardening #garden #raised bed gardening #raised garden #greenhouse #amazonstorefront #amazon influencer #instagram

[everbloom-garden]

How to Do Gardening in Simple Way with Better Ideas

The most crucial element to get right for a good garden is the soil. Use actual topsoil-containing soil in your raised garden beds. Numerous essential micronutrients found in real soil are necessary for plants to receive a balanced diet. The majority of bagged soil is fluffy and soft to the touch, but it lacks the vitamins and calcium that healthy plants require.

Because it contains clay, real topsoil is heavier and may not drain as quickly, but that's okay! Clay retains water, which gives your plants' soil a more stable hydration level. Pick salad greens that are leafy to save space. The most abundant vegetable garden bed during the season is kale, collards, and chard. Early in the growing season, spinach, lettuce, and arugula taste fantastic, but in the heat of the summer they bolt.

Both cucumbers and hot peppers yield well. In raised garden beds, stay away from plants like potatoes, mint, sweet corn, and Brussels sprouts. Check out The Urban Farm Company's list of the Most Suggested to Least Suggested Crops to Grow for a great cheat sheet. Mixing the soil in the raised garden beds with the soil already present in the ground may seem like overkill, but it's a terrific idea. The direct layering of two different soils by plant roots is known as an interface. If plant roots encounter a hardpan soil that they are not accustomed to, they will actually bend sideways or upwards. Water behaves similarly.

If it can't pass through a stable soil profile, it will produce a small water table. Till the current ground a little, if you can. Raised bed gardening should be filled with 2′′ of soil. The soil you added to the raised garden beds should be blended with the surrounding soil. On Mother's Day, plant, some people advise. Some advise waiting longer. Before the last frost, you should not put your tomatoes in the garden because it will result in dead plants. However, planting warm vegetables when nightly lows are still in the 30s or 40s would definitely stunt the plants and reduce your garden's overall yield.

#Vegetable Garden Bed #Raised Bed Gardening

[two-oaks-farmstead]

Building a Productive New Raised Bed Garden

One of our new projects this season, our new raised bed garden has been well worth it! #raisedbedgarden #raisedbedgardening #raisedbeds #gardeninspiration #farmlife #farmher #twooaksfarmstead

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#build #building #construction #farmstead #garden #gardening #homestead #raised bed gardening #raised beds

[harpsicalbiobug]

The museum garden is very green this summer.

#harper talks #gardening #raised beds #raised bed gardening #vegetable garden #my photography #always want to put that tag in quotes #if you wonder why this looks like a shitty filter #it's because these are all fish eye pictures and the lens would have been smeared with sunscreen or sweat or dirt by this time of day

[themightyfoo]

July 25

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#gardening #gardenblr #gardeners on tumblr #gladiolus #bachelor's button #cosmos #nasturtiums #raised bed gardening #square foot gardening #marigolds #not the house of have-tos

[becomingkatie]

The grass got out of hand while we were away on vacation, so yesterday I mowed and then today I filled the raised bed! Ken dug out a bit underneath to level it and then I filled it with a mix of peat moss, coarse vermiculite, and compost from a few different sources. I’m going to let it sit for a few days to see how much it settles, then maybe reassess the positioning of the worm bin for composting. Then finally plant! Farmer Katie’s frickin’ carrots, coming at you soon!

In my head I’m already imagining sharing with our neighbor and our office so I really hope I have a bountiful harvest. My plan is to use some of the carrots to make carrot cake and then share mini loaves of carrot cake along with a few raw carrots, so it’s a tasty dessert plus the special home grown carrots that went into it.

Also, that little flower garden patch is all Ken’s doing. All native plants that thrive with no effort on our part (I mean, we should take better care of weeding and maybe pruning…) and attract pollinators.

Now I’m showered and it’s time to go see the Barbie movie. Happy Sunday to you!

#gpoy #me #personal #k and k #farmer Katie #farmer Katie’s frickin carrots #gardening #raised bed gardening

[twotravelersstory]

Here is a quick five minute video on how to plant tomatoes from seedlings. Usually people who stay in colder regions follow this technique to let the plants grow indoors before the temperatures outside pick up.) But then, if you stay at warmer places, you can skip the first step. The video has subtitles in English and Bulgarian

#tomato #planting tomatoes #organic #permaculture #organic farming #raised bed gardening #grow your food #bulgaria

[gargelyfloof118]

We've decided that mounding the hugelkulture bed isn't the best option for our backs or budget. We are going to be using the same method but in a raised bed instead!

But the issue here is we live on a hill. So we have to level EVERYTHING. There's a grade that we need to fill with at least 2 feet of soil on the deepest parts.

It's starting to shape up nicely! Our metal sides fought every step of the way, but it's on! Next steps are to frame the back (the high end) and add its metal, fill in gaps with logs and sticks, finish the front (the low end), and back fill with compost, leaves, and good manure and soil.

Then we get to build a good retaining wall on the back side (we are thinking a modified gabion wall) and level the garden.

#homestead #farm #gardening #raised bed gardening #hugelkulture #gabion #i dont have time to even scratch my butt lately