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Built some Raised Beds Two Weeks Ago
Posted on 6/9/25 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 6/9/25 at 7:08 pm
They are doing pretty well. Still need to do the cattle panel trellis for the cucumbers. I did not expect them to take off so quick, but we've gotten a lot of rain.
Think I might build four more next year and put in pea gravel paths and flowering bushes and butterfly plants.
Think I might build four more next year and put in pea gravel paths and flowering bushes and butterfly plants.
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Posted on 6/9/25 at 9:11 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
looks great
throw a sack of wildflower seeds along that pond bank for pollinators
throw a sack of wildflower seeds along that pond bank for pollinators
Posted on 6/9/25 at 11:51 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Look good.Beautiful place you live,is that a lake or a large pond.?
I started with 6 -4x12 beds,kept adding.Ended up with 10 -4x12’s,4-4x4 and 2-3x9’s.
I built mine out of Trex decking boards.Pricey but my oldest 6 are 20 years old and still holding up good.
I have a 5’ high chain link fence around the original 6.Wife made flower beds next to fence inside and out.
I put in 18 water faucets total.It’s nice,wish I knew how to post pictures.
Only downside is damned fire ants love raised beds.I use Spinosad for the vegetable beds and Acephate for the flower beds.
I started with 6 -4x12 beds,kept adding.Ended up with 10 -4x12’s,4-4x4 and 2-3x9’s.
I built mine out of Trex decking boards.Pricey but my oldest 6 are 20 years old and still holding up good.
I have a 5’ high chain link fence around the original 6.Wife made flower beds next to fence inside and out.
I put in 18 water faucets total.It’s nice,wish I knew how to post pictures.
Only downside is damned fire ants love raised beds.I use Spinosad for the vegetable beds and Acephate for the flower beds.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 4:05 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Why do you do the raised beds? The soil looks decent where you are.
Me, on the other hand, did a raised bed due to the terrible soil where I am.
Or at least where my garden is. That area had the top soil stripped off years ago to level that part of the property.
Me, on the other hand, did a raised bed due to the terrible soil where I am.
Or at least where my garden is. That area had the top soil stripped off years ago to level that part of the property.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 6:59 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Those look great. Where I live at raised beds are the only option. I built mine three years ago out of cinder blocks. They work great, but they need a lot of watering. My wife usually get more tomatoes that she can eat or give away.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 7:57 am to PurpleandGold Motown
she's a beaut, clark!
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:54 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Is that Mary Jane growing in front of the beds?
Posted on 6/10/25 at 11:05 am to East Coast Band
“Why do you do raised beds ?”
You didn’t ask me but the reason I did it is because I’m too lazy to make a “real” garden.Gardening is not my thing,my wife does it.I did the raised beds to make it easy for her(and me).
Easier to keep watered,don’t have as much trouble with weeds.
You didn’t ask me but the reason I did it is because I’m too lazy to make a “real” garden.Gardening is not my thing,my wife does it.I did the raised beds to make it easy for her(and me).
Easier to keep watered,don’t have as much trouble with weeds.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 11:10 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I would advise leaving the grass between the boxes! Much easier to run a mower between them especially when you’re turning the beds over each season. You will drop dirt and plants remnants, in rock it gets messy and will have weeds growing in no time between them..I have beds with and without rocks between them, I wish I had the grass around both sets! Keep them far enough apart you can get your wheelbarrow/gorilla cart between them also.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 2:23 pm to DickTater
I put mulch between my beds. About month or so I will hit any weeds with 41% Glyphosate.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:21 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Leave the grass between the beds! Nothing beats grass for erosion control, keeps the ground covered, no reason to change it out.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:17 am to armsdealer
Posted on 6/11/25 at 9:12 am to cgrand
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cgrand
What length are those cattle panels?? 16'??
Posted on 6/11/25 at 10:10 am to Trout Bandit
yes 16’
they are actually welded wire fabric, used for concrete reinforcement. Way cheaper than the livestock panels
they are actually welded wire fabric, used for concrete reinforcement. Way cheaper than the livestock panels
Posted on 6/11/25 at 10:13 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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we've gotten a lot of rain.
That's the truth. My two gardens are pretty much finished due to the almost 15 inches of rain, and not much of a break in the forecast.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 9:47 pm to cgrand
Damn, that’s a sweet setup, man! That’s the problem I have with most gardens…they look like crap. Yours looks nice, though!
Posted on 6/12/25 at 7:31 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I have built the same over the years, the wood rots pretty quick, at least mine did. Looks great!
Posted on 6/12/25 at 9:16 am to oldskule
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I have built the same over the years, the wood rots pretty quick, at least mine did. Looks great!
Yeah, I expect 3 or 4 years before I have to rebuild them. All the wood is leftover pressured treated 2x6s from a dock I tore down and redid about a month and a half ago. I was going to seal them but I couldn't find any "vegetable garden friendly" sealant locally outside of Tung oil, and I just didn't want go through that process. I just wanted to move them and get the dirt in them.
Most expensive part was the "sifted" garden soil. $100 or so for four scoops. Spoiler: It wasn't sifted, but it's good dirt.
ETA: Plants were dirt cheap since I planted late. Most of the independent nurseries around here were basically giving them away.
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Posted on 6/12/25 at 9:21 am to East Coast Band
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Why do you do the raised beds? The soil looks decent where you are.
You would think, but for whatever reason, not a damn thing would grow in that spot over several years of trying. Probably has something to do with the proximity to the lake. I just got tired of trying to figure it out this year, had some extra lumber and built those beds. Given how they took off, I have no ragerts.
Posted on 6/12/25 at 2:31 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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All the wood is leftover pressured treated 2x6s from a dock I tore down and redid about a month and a half ago.
The idea of this leaching into the soil worries me
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