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I've been following this thread for sometime. I just put my raised bed in so I'd figure share it with you folks and ask a few questions
These are 4' by 8' raised beds
So far I only have tomatoes and bell peppers in each bed
I am leaving room for tomatoes to grow out. I am wondering if I need to remove those peat moss cup the peppers are in? I am also thinking putting in basil & marigold. Any helpful hints suggestions are welcome
YLisa your "little girl garden" is looking pretty good girly!
HB2HSV they are fine to leave on maybe next time kind of break them down in your hands a bit before planting. That is what I do as well as to root balls I do that too.
Hi all. I just thought I would write in and give you an update on my SFG. So far I am pleased. I planted my first 4x4 SFG 7 weeks ago and I have cucumbers and peppers. Beans are growing and there are small green tomatoes on the stems. So far I haven't had any weeds and no animals. I seem to just have nibbling on some of the leaves but that has stopped so far, lol...
Your garden looks fantastic Lisa!
Here are a few pics from my little garden square foot today. Finally getting some nice veggies!
NRG your garden looks great. Did you put tomato guards around your squash?? If you did, I must say I am going to try that, never even in the years I've been gardening have I thought of doing that.
Gotten many squash, ripe tomatoes from mine, and have some nice sized bell peppers on the plants, got two hot peppers today.
NRG- Thanks for the pictures. Your garden looks great. Are you still picking green beans? Mine don't even look close to picking yet.
Don't you just love getting veggies from your own garden?
AW- I can't wait to pick ripe tomatoes. Good for you. I have a bad feeling all of mine are going to pop at the same time. I can see about 50 tomatoes so far.
Like NRG I might do tomato guards on more things next year to keep things from sprawling so much. I have cukes growing outside my box.
Lisa, this might sound horrible at first, but it works and it's great
if you have a cemetery in the area that have a dump next to it (where they put all the old left over flowers and metal a-frames they hang the big wreaths on)
those metal a-frames that they hang the big wreaths on works really well for tomatoes and cucumber and squash plants , they keep them off the ground and easier to pick and find them.
now, there is 2 kinds that I find of the frames, one with a bar that does down middle to keep the legs seperated and another kind that has the little wire that goes from one leg to the other around the 3 legs, those work better
and they are "free"
Regarding planting in the peat pots: be sure to tear the top rim down to the soil level as it will act as a wick and draw mositure away from the roots where you want it. Ask me how I know this?????
Wow I love reading about everyone's gardens! I have some questions:
I haven't gotten the SFG book yet, but what is the premise behind using a very small space, especially those of you who have a lot of land to work with? I'm thinking harvesting would be a lot easier with some space between the plants.
Last year I built a really nice deep planter box with no bottom. Mistake! It was almost humorous to watch my fava beans, arugula and flat-leaf parsley disappear down the holes of the gopher or mole who soon moved into the box. Gopher wire on the bottom of the box likely would have solved this problem because the box was quite tall, but for those of you who have raised beds that are maybe only 3" to a foot high, would wire on the bottom serve little purpose because the critters will just climb over the side?
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