Comments on: Gardening and Building Raised Beds in the City

By: Gearing up for Garden Season in the City | LivingBetter50

Gearing up for Garden Season in the City | LivingBetter50 — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:27:11 +0000

[…] our garden this week! And if you’re just starting out with raised beds, last spring I wrote about gardening and building raised beds in the […]

By: Finding Your Garden Zone, Spring Raised Beds Planting, and Ryobi Tiller | Reluctant Entertainer

Sun, 23 Feb 2014 00:51:40 +0000

[…] heart is so warm toward the purposeful stride of my husband as he works our humble garden raised beds, 16 beds now, on our city lot here in southern […]

By: Sandy Coughlin

Sandy Coughlin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:55:03 +0000

In reply to Melissa D. Melissa, we do rotate what's in the beds. IE, we don't usually put the tomatoes in the same place every year. But, honestly, we don't put a lot of thought in to doing that.

By: Melissa D

Melissa D — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:56:20 +0000

Just wondering — do you guys rotate crops in your raised beds? I’ve noticed that production has dropped off over the years in my raised beds (even with adding compost) and think I’m about to do the 4-crop rotation system, where you follow certain crops with others to add nutrients back into the soil and add rootiness to make the soil more friable for the next crop.

Zone 7B also (in Atlanta)!

By: Gearing up for Garden Season in the City | Living better at 50+| Online Womens Magazine

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:55:43 +0000

[…] our garden this week! And if you’re just starting out with raised beds, last spring I wrote about gardening and building raised beds in the […]

By: Maureen

Maureen — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:52:27 +0000

Hi! I was wondering what kind of waterproofing you did on the bunk bed wood. We will be changing our bunks in garden beds also! Thanks in advance.

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

Growing Seeds of Love with our AeroGarden â€” Reluctant Entertainer — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:03:07 +0000

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By: Josie's Garden

Josie's Garden — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:56:37 +0000

I know this sounds kinda gross but peeing in your garden will help deter pests they don’t like the smell also hanging hair from your hair brush and even a pair of undies or two will help scare off those deer just emember to do it every couple of days to keep the smell fresh I like to hang my bra out there after I work for a few hoursin it. It works, or it just might be me?!!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:26:33 +0000

I have a large garden space and have done mounded beds and years when I was in a hurry, just threw seeds in the ground. I like the mounded beds best. I would love to have raised beds at some point. Last year the deer helped themselves to my garden much to my dismay and I didn’t get any peas and very few beans or corn and they ate my raspberries too. It was very sad. Building a fence is a bit to spendy right now so I’ll just have to deal with them.

Maybe some of your readers could give suggestions for how they deal with deer when a fence just isn’t an option. We don’t have a dog and so that’s not an option either. Our neighbors moved last year and obviously took their two beautiful dobermans with them and I think that’s what helped keep the deer away the previous year.

By: Laryssa @Heaven In The Home

Laryssa @Heaven In The Home — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:24:14 +0000

What a wonderful garden! We had a large raised bed garden on a suburb lot and then when I was grown and married I had one of my own. I really like raised beds, because they seem work better for most crops.