I decided to do two raised beds in the section of my garden I lovingly refer to as "the Lab". This is where I conduct my various experiments to see what works best. We have very sandy dry land in Northern Nevada, I think raised beds will give me bore control over the soil and watering than my...
Bay, I've got to say after you shared your tomato cages with me, I can't stop thinking about them. My husband has developed a distinct case of cage envy, and I am re designing my whole garden to incorporate them.
I found it easier for weed control, it prevents rabbit traffic by making an obstructed view when they run, and we ran irrigation lines down each mounded row so I don't snag them with my foot.
LOL!!! :yuckyuck Right after our last frost I direct planted on mounded rows. water 3x daily keeping mounds moist. Once they sprout 2x daily. thinned them out at 3" high, then pretty much ignored them other than watering. They grew like weeds! I got about 15 pounds of nice tight sprouts...
So I have this dream... I am a canner and put up produce for the year, but I never seem to get enough tomatoes at any one time to fill one pint. Everyone has that gardener in their life that grows more tomatoes than they know what to do with. I want to be that gardener.
I have had my garden...
I direct planted beets, carrots, turnips, spinach, squash, and melons. broccoli and brussles were about 1/2&1/2, cabbage and eggplant were all started indoors. Tomatoes I started indoors, then my husband built a greenhouse in the spring. They have been such snarky plants to grow so I put them...