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girls who garden
Our raised beds have lasted a few years but now they are infested with ants and DH wants to rip them out and rebuild. Unfortunately, we're going to be really busy this spring so we were considering skipping the garden this season.
Last night we were at Sams and saw these raised beds they're selling. We bought several because it seemed like a great solution, for us at least. They're made out of recycled materials and should hopefully hold up a lot longer. Plus, I'm really excited to have beds that are all the same size lol. It seems a little silly and I know the plants don't care, but I do!
Here's the link (I'm pretty sure this is the same thing, although the price in store was lower than what's on the website) http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=prod1170390&navAction=
Re: girls who garden
totally random, but JJ and I cleared out the garden bed in front and the side raised ones over the weekend and raked in some compost. the dogs are happy, just snapped this a few minutes ago...
haha, I see the fence is really helping
we still have stuff from our fall planting in our beds. I'm still getting tomatoes and lettuce so I don't want to take it out yet, but I imagine its time is running out. We've also got some radishes that we let flower and go to seed. We want to give them a little more time to mature before we start picking the seed pods.
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Thanks for posting. I really want a garden this year but wasn't sure where to start with the beds. Now I just need to figure out where we will be living.
When do you usually start planting?
2 years ago we planted on Feb 1, but then we got frost about 3 weeks later and it killed some stuff. This year we're shooting for March 1, so I'm going to start my seeds in peat pots next week, give them about 6 weeks to grow indoors.
Yeah I would say start seeds in Jan/Feb timeframe and plant in the ground in March-ish. We'll be gone on our trip for a lot of March, so it will be more like early April when we plant. If it's your first time, you might want to just buy starter plants rather than starting from seed. We've been slowly switching to doing more things from seeds, but we lost a lot when we transferred everything this past time. And of course we're skipping seeds this go around since we'll be gone. (OK, we do grow carrots and radishes from seed, but those we sow straight in the ground.)
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Ashlee I'm a little jealous of how big your beds are! We have such a big yard but we dont make very efficient use of our space.
How do you keep up with weeds? Sometimes it seems like all I'm doing is pulling weeds.
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I might just buy some plants this year. It's so much easier. Plus my peat pots are always getting a little moldy.
I need a new light for my aerogarden, which I use as a grow light over my trays.
Oh! And if you're doing herbs, I highly recommend the little plants they sell i nthe produce section at Publix. I transfer them to a pot outside and they continue to grow and spread all spring/summer/fall. They're only $2, and I think Lowe's herbs are around $4-5
Seriously! Charlotte and Belle use it for agility training. Sometimes Belle will scrape her stomach on it though, she's not as svelte and coordinated as Char... lol.
And I am so jealous of your FB posts showing all your yummy veggies you've been growing. Looks great!
Do you find that the gardening saves you money from grocery shopping? Or is it about the same after you factor in soil, vitamins, etc. Just curious.
Well in the beginning it certainly didn't save us any money! We've been through 4 growing seasons now and I think we've learned a lot and our garden is becoming more productive. The raised beds we just bought set us back again, but you don't have to have those. Our first beds we made with scrap 2x6s we found in the clearance bin at HomeDepot. Or you can do like Ashlee did and clear out an area but skip the raised bed part.
We buy starter plants for $2 each, or seed packets for $2. Then there's the cost for soil additives - I don't really know that offhand though.
The things we grow that do really well and save us money - tomatoes, bell peppers, lettuce, spinach, fennel, radishes, herbs (basil, cilantro, rosemary, oregano, thyme).
The things we've tried that haven't done well (yet) - broccoli, squash, zucchini, cantaloupe, watermelon, carrots, onions, etc.
It can be hit or miss, but like I said we're learning and I hope to be able to move more stuff to the top list as time goes on. Plus, we just really enjoy doing it. It's really fun to eat stuff that I know we grew in our own backyard.
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