I finally got blossoms this week! The past two weeks have been painfully slow in the garden. The weather has had some crazy mood swings. We’ve had some mornings in the 50s and other mornings in the 80s. Our days have had temperature variances of roughly 30 degrees. I don’t …
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Raised Garden Bed Progress Week 4 Update
Things are continuing to progress nicely for my vegetable raised garden beds. Four weeks after planting I have quite a few tomatoes on the way in bed one. The two black plum tomatoes I planted four weeks ago from seed are interesting. One is seedling size. The other black plum …
Raised Garden Bed Progress Week 3 Update
I can’t believe it’s already time for my raised garden bed progress week 3 update. This has been a productive week. I really can’t wait to start getting produce. Although I love the ease of direct sowing, I’m kind of regretting not starting indoors early this year. It has gotten …
Raised Garden Beds One and Two Weeks After Planting
It’s most economical to plant your raised garden bed using seeds. When it comes to my vegetable garden that I grow in raised beds I greatly prefer growing my veggies from seed. I currently have 96 square feet of beds and it would be ridiculous to try to do that …
How to Build a Raised Garden Bed
When I started out gardening, I had no idea how to build a raised garden bed. While I was convinced of the benefits, making anything was far above my knowledge and ability. So when I wanted to get started, I just bought those prefab raised garden boxes. As a result …