Raised Vegetable Garden

A lesser known advantage of a raised bed vegetable garden is it’s extra warmth as explained here: -

http://www.gardening-resources.com/a-raised-bed-vegetable-garden-ideal-for-cooler-climates/

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A guide to building a raised bed vegetable garden should have two things; good pictures and informative text. This has both, so gets a two thumbs up!

http://backyardfarmer.com.au/organic-gardening/how-to-build-a-raised-vegetable-garden-bed-out-of-ewood/

Here’s a snippet…

“But the main reason I like using raised beds, is that you can quickly get the soil up to a level that desired for growing bumper crops instantly.   This is done by importing a good quality soil mix from a landscape supplier.   I live in the South East of Melbourne, and our soil is notoriously sandy, and requires a lot of organic matter to get it productive.”

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I found these interesting articles about the raised bed vegetable garden this month: -

• in the vegetable garden – yesterday’s field trip with the high schools students went very well. i’ll post something about it tomorrow after all of the photos are up online. as it turned out, we spent most of our time walking along discussing interesting things …

• delightful memories of an incomparable garden – chanticleer sunflowers. august in chanticleer’s cutting garden. what a treat to join a small dinner group that gathered together before the southern california horticultural society meeting on thursday to spend time with the charming …

• the fire garden – earlier this spring, i mentioned that we relocated our vegetable garden to a sunnier part of our gardens. the raised bed gardens we built many years ago are now shaded by large trees. we decided to put down a few patio stones and also …

• Gardening cartoon » The Cartoon Blog by Dave Walker – Youthwork conference cartoons 4 · Liz, Karen turnbull, Chris Clark, Phil Groom · We have a squirrel in the roof 17 · Cathryn, Anne, rachel, Dave, yay, PeterD pet [...] Cartoon: Going forward 7 · PeterD, PeterD, Nefertiki, David Keen, …

• Veg Bitch » Blog Archive » Swedish jamfilled thumbprint cookies – Yesterday was a lovely day. Alex and I went to Malmö with a very good friend to eat at the festival, spend money on nice jewellery and to shop and hang out at Aphuset. We got to meet Björn from Vegankrubb and tried some fake salmon with …

• Garlic scape pesto : What geeks eat… – Garlic scape pesto. garlic scape pesto. Garlic scapes are the flower/seed stalk that shoots up from the garlic bulb. I like the way they curl and from what I understand if they not cut off they will eventually straighten out and bloom. …

• Bokashi Blog » Bee Hive Hosting – Update: 14 August 2007 – Bees gone! See comments. who I met through the Guerrilla Gardening Meetup Group asked me if I could host a bee hive in my garden. My house neighbours said okay in exchange for some honey.

• green thumb sunday – i’m thinking of starting a new meme. well, actually this is the second meme that i’ve started today. i’m on a roll! i started a new meme called oh la la friday over at my other site odd planet. visit odd planet to find out what it’s all …

• A book from the Japanese Camellia Society ‘The Nomenclature of … – ‘The Nomenclature of Japanese Camellias and Sasanquas’. The Japanese Camellia Society. “The Nomenclature of Japanese Camellias and Sasanquas” ( 日本ツバキ・サザンカ名鑑 , Nippon Tsubaki ・ Sasanqua Meikan) is another “must have” book …

• aiterrarium: remote-control gardening – on october 11, matsushita electric works, ltd. announced plans to begin selling an indoor gardening system whose lighting, temperature and water supply can be remotely monitored and controlled via the internet. …

• ethan’s watermelon plant – ethan’s watermelon plant, originally uploaded by feminaerecta. for several years ethan has insisted on planting watermelon, and never before this year has his plant made it past the seedling stage. this year ethan’s watermelon was …

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Looking for a guide to building a raised bed vegetable garden? Here’s a good one to check out: –

http://www.jeffnet.org/~hgpf/howto.htm

On the left side of the page are lots of interesting tips and facts that are not to be missed. It explains very well the numerous benefits of raised beds such as: –

• Better soil & better drainage
• Higher yields
• Expanded growing season.
• Easier maintenance
• Using difficult sites
• Grow invasive plants
• Avoid tilling
• Improve only the actual growing area.
• Sit down while gardening.

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I just saw this raised bed vegetable garden video and had to post about it immediately. This is perhaps the best information I have posted on the blog to date. It is very well put together and shows some children in Africa constructing a raised vegetable garden at their school.

Because of the rocky ground and monsoon weather, the raised vegetable garden is vital to the success of helping people in certain parts of Africa overcome famine and poverty.

It is the sort of video that once you finish watching it makes you want to start growing one in your own garden straight away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjcjCCx3BWY

P.S. Notice how much fun the process is when done as a team?

Here is another example of how a charity is educating people using a raised bed garden: -

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If you are about to get started making your own raised bed vegetable garden then I have a very handy guide for you. Take a look at the following article that shows you all the steps to make the box.

This guide is very well put together with lots of clear photos that make the whole process very easy.

Here’s a quote from the guide and the URL:-

“I want you to know that this is the easiest thing in the world to do. If you’re even remotely comfortable with using a drill, this entire project can take under an hour. If not, it still won’t take you very long and it’ll bring you a great sense of satisfaction… especially when you see that first little hint of a tiny green tomato showing itself.”

http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeandgarden/2009/02/build-your-own-raised-flowervegetable-bed/ photo:

flickr.com/photos/11984793@N05

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