Preparing a "Double Dug" Raised Bed
Beds to be used for daffodils should be prepared well in advance of the planting season. Sixty to ninety days are needed so that the soil will have time to adjust, and compact. It does make a difference in the first year bulbs are in the ground I ... [... more]
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Cubed Foot Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Raised, ...
 It's about what works best, organic or not.: If you're looking for a time- and labor-saving method of growing vegetables, this is your book, whether you're a complete beginner or a more experienced gardener. Everything you need to know is clearly set out, [... more]
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The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield ...
From Amazon.com: Wouldn't it be lovely to have a patch of corn, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and beans just steps from your kitchen door? Would you like to learn how to control your zucchini plant? Ed Smith, an experienced vegetable gardener from Vermont, [... more]
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The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield ...
From Amazon.com: Wouldn't it be lovely to have a patch of corn, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and beans just steps from your kitchen door? Would you like to learn how to control your zucchini plant? Ed Smith, an experienced vegetable gardener from Vermont, [... more]
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The Edible Container Garden: Growing Fresh Food in Small ...
From Amazon.com: It wouldn't matter whether or not a single strawberry or tomato raised in the pots pictured in this book ever made it to the table--they are beautiful ornamental plantings, worth growing just for their looks. But author and British [... more]
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Gardening 101
Should be titled, "Gardening Martha's Way": The photos truly are lovely, but I'm so glad I didn't buy based on reviews - I read a library copy first. It does start out with some good advice. The Preface talks about choosing your gardening style [... more]
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Raised Beds
If you haven't used some type of raised bed in your garden, you really should consider doing so. I've got several various and assorted kinds of raised beds. When I used to grow vegetables, my vegetable garden consisted of a series of raised beds. ... [... more]
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Crocus in Oz
The point to remember about Crocus is they like a well-drained soil. In the garden a raised bed or bulb frame suits most of the species. When growing in pots, ensure we have large extra holes in the base of each pot. Crocus are a much neglected ... [... more]
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Raised Beds
Another good function of having a separate raised bed is the informal use of it as a quarantine station. Here, new bulbs which you think could be a potential weed risk in the open garden, can be monitored for a season or two. There are several ... [... more]
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Building A Raised Bed Garden
Gardening is a never ending series of projects - that's part of the fun; planning and scheming about what we are going to do. Some of them are small and get done fairly quickly and others take a bit more time. Some of mine have been going on for ... [... more]
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Creating a Raised Bed Garden
Life has been good to you. You've always loved gardening and enjoyed the tasks that go with it — weeding, amending soils, planting, harvesting. Suddenly, or even slowly, something changes with your health and the tasks you found so enjoyable ... [... more]
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Robert Canterbury's Raised Bed Urban Garden
A city garden that faced a lot of difficulties - and became an oasis. I think if I'd known what I was doing, I would have been dangerous, but not knowing, I just plunged ahead building raised beds from cinder blocks with no mortar and topped with ... [... more]
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