Raised bed garden using cinder blocks and hoop house (vegetable, weeds, how to)

[gardner2]

I am new to gardening and I have followed the sq ft gardening method in attempting to establish a perfect vegetable garden. However I have taken it to a couple of levels higher when I built a 28" high 5 ft wide by 16 ft long raised cinder block bed filled with 10” of pea gravel and 18” of compost, Dakota peat and vermiculite. I am presently building a 15x24 hoop house with 6mil clear plastic over it to protect my investment from hail, wind, rain, sun, deer, rabbits and weeds. I have posted how to videos on YouTube about how I did what I did if it helps anyone else. You may watch the videos at the following YouTube links. This is ongoing until I am completely finished with my large project. Please share it with other that might be interested in finding some help.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_GNU_0TRwA

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeJO5wvJb2Y
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSZ4aAB5RU
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0gD107Z1xA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5nLF_SpK6M

Laszlo Zone 7b

[Inthesierras]

Are you planning to leave the hoop house up during the summer? It looks like you have a very nice garden going in. Congrats.

[Wilson513]

Without watching all that stuff, is there a liner? I don't think cinder blocks are any good for a raised garden because they suck the moisture right out of the garden. And, your soil mixture is such that even here in Ohio, in Aug you be standing next to that garden 24/7 with a hose.

[gardner2]

Yes I plan on leaving the hoop house up in the summer with ventillation and open on both ends screened-in. Thank you for the compiment.

[gardner2]

Wilson, I made sure that I have a plastic liner which I cover in my videos. You are absolutely correct, the cinder blocks would such the water right out of the ground just like weeds do away from plants. Thanks for the thought.

Laszlo

[Wilson513]

Good. I like that hoop house.