Remember this? Anyway, for years, I have always
had a fascination with people who grow their own food. To me it is amazing,
plant seeds… wait… pick food… bring to kitchen. I have always been so envious
of people like Martha Stewart and Ina Garten, walking out their patio door
and cutting veggies and herbs, and bringing them in to use in their recipes.
Brian and I come from a long line of vegetable growers, so we thought that if
we ran into trouble we have plenty of family members to ask. So, we started
with a plan back in February. And now the dream has come to fruition. Check
this out!
had a fascination with people who grow their own food. To me it is amazing,
plant seeds… wait… pick food… bring to kitchen. I have always been so envious
of people like Martha Stewart and Ina Garten, walking out their patio door
and cutting veggies and herbs, and bringing them in to use in their recipes.
Brian and I come from a long line of vegetable growers, so we thought that if
we ran into trouble we have plenty of family members to ask. So, we started
with a plan back in February. And now the dream has come to fruition. Check
this out!
How did we go from two boxes in the ground to a full vegetable garden?
Well at the risk of this
being a million word post, I’ve decided to break this up in sections for you.
Today we are going to talk about building a raised bed. This was a very simple project with the help of a little planning and some internet research. Brian was very excited to be using power tools!
Back in February, I
started to pin some raised bed ideas on Pinterest, as well as try and scope out
some sunny places in our yard.
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| http://www.sunset.com/garden/backyard-projects/ultimate-raised-bed-how-to-00400000011938/page3.html |
After some debating we used the plan from www.sunset.com. It seemed simple and versatile. We did, however, make a few minor changes. First,
we used pressure treated lumber instead of cedar to save some money. Also, we
did not buy the wire mesh to line the beds. We talked to our landscaper, and
after years of growing vegetables, he has never had any animals dig from
underneath to swipe vegetables.Here are some pictures of the building process. (Sorry about the iPhone pictures)
we used pressure treated lumber instead of cedar to save some money. Also, we
did not buy the wire mesh to line the beds. We talked to our landscaper, and
after years of growing vegetables, he has never had any animals dig from
underneath to swipe vegetables.Here are some pictures of the building process. (Sorry about the iPhone pictures)
Here are the finished raised beds waiting to be transported
to their designated location.
to their designated location.
And here they are just before planting filled with lots of
peet moss and mushroom compost.
peet moss and mushroom compost.
Anyone else have a vegetable garden? What vegetables are you growing?
