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raised bed gardening
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Danielle V
(IC: homeowner)
About 4 years ago, we decided it was time to have less grass and more garden. We both like to plant vegetables so at first, we just planted like our parents had, with the vegetables in the ground. Found out the first year, that our ground was full of decomposed granite, and large granite chunks. Nevertheless, we planted and got mixed results.
Last year, my husband made raised beds out of landscaping timbers which have worked out wonderfully. We ordered soil, a 50/50 mix of garden soil and compost to fill them. We were both amazed at how well this has worked out. We got twice as much produce, enough to can and freeze. The corn did especially well. I froze corn which we enjoyed at Christmas.
Last year, my husband made raised beds out of landscaping timbers which have worked out wonderfully. We ordered soil, a 50/50 mix of garden soil and compost to fill them. We were both amazed at how well this has worked out. We got twice as much produce, enough to can and freeze. The corn did especially well. I froze corn which we enjoyed at Christmas.
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Published May 11th, 2013 10:32 AM
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Douglas Hunt on May 12, 2013Those are some handsome raised beds. I hope you found a project for all those rocks you had to remove.
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Danielle V on May 12, 2013Yes. the large ones are used in landscaping in the flower beds, and the smaller ones we used for drainage under the raised beds..it all worked out!
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