Comments on: Gardening & Amending the Soil for Raised Beds in the City

By: Growing Seeds of Love with our AeroGarden â€” Reluctant Entertainer

Growing Seeds of Love with our AeroGarden â€” Reluctant Entertainer — Wed, 25 May 2011 05:26:46 +0000

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By: Melissa D

Melissa D — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:12:10 +0000

I built my first raised bed a few years ago after reading about yours. :-) Now I have 2. Our red clay soil here in GA is just terrible for raising anything, the raised beds solve that problem. We’ve added some blueberries nearby (not in raised beds) and I add marigolds and herbs to each bed to keep pests away.

What’s funny is that I was inside drawing up my Very Serious garden plan and my little girls (5 & 3) were outside opening seed packets and flinging them all over…. “Mommy, we planted all your seeds!” They were so happy to help me. So I have no idea what my tiny seedlings will produce or where, but we should have an interesting garden this year! I did nestle in some tomatoes and a few other things, so at least I know what the larger green stuff is.

Kids are awesome.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:14:56 +0000

My husband just built me some gorgeous raised beds and I’ve started putting some of my seedlings in there…
I’m a major newbie gardener and definitely a city-girl, so this is all new to me. But I’m so excited for the growing season! :)
Thanks for the advice.

You can see a few pics of my raised beds posted here: http://thestarcrossedblogger.blogspot.com/2011/03/kitchen-garden-under-construction.html

By: Mae

Mae — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:00:52 +0000

We’re in our third growing season since we started gardening here in Florida (although we don’t do raised beds, we’re in the ground digging people) and we learn something every single season. I love the built in activity that it gives us to do with our 2 year old, and she asks to visit the garden every night after dinner once the plants are in.

We even had her plant some of the bean seeds this season and Oh My Goodness the anticipation of those sprouts was a terrible pre-occupation for a tiny child! But totally worth it, she was beyond excited when they finally came up.

Glad you’re going to add this topic to your repertoire, more people should try it, it’s so not that hard at all!

By: LaTeaDah

LaTeaDah — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:25:24 +0000

It’s so chilly yet that I haven’t been in the mood to garden, but it is time to start thinking about it. My favorite garden tip is to stop by Starbucks. They package up their coffee grounds and give them away for free. I gather them up and spread them on my garden soil and dig them in. They add nutrients to the soil and make the garden smell good as well!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:47:48 +0000

Usually after the initial cost, it is quite a bit less to care for and plant your garden! We don’t have a city lot but I do love gardening…I’m wishing our weather would cooperate so I can get out to the garden site and do something. It’s so wet that I know it’ll be a mud pit if I go out there.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:00:35 +0000

I love your blog! Your posts are so inspirational. We have always had a so so garden but this weekend we will be putting in 4 raised beds and getting them ready for planting. Now if only our weather would improve……..

By: Heather P

Heather P — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:20:38 +0000

I was so inspired by last week’s post that I have already planted 2 different tomato plants and a bell pepper plant in my front flower bed. I live in the city and had to use the space available where the dogs will not trample them.

By: Tara G. @ Mrs. Yellow Hat

Tara G. @ Mrs. Yellow Hat — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:03:21 +0000

I’m in downtown Kyiv. Everyone has a dacha somewhere that they go to on the weekends and often times they send the babushkas (grandmothers) out for the summer with the grandchildren. We have neither, but I did buy some rhubarb seeds that I saw when I blitzed through a market one Saturday and gave them to my housekeeper to plant at her dacha. She’s going to bring it to me so I can freeze it for jam. Can.not.wait!

By: Kim @ Homesteader's Heart

Kim @ Homesteader's Heart — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:13:33 +0000

We’ve actually already started eating off of our garden. But we live in Florida and have an earlier planting season. I just blogged about it the other day. I see the link is below my comment if you want to check out how it’s going.