My garden efforts

Errmmm excuse me ...but did someone say there was some plants or something in this photo...?:unsure:


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🥰🥰...I can only see the most gorgeous pooches....
 
Chet said:
Looks good. Is there any reason that you didn't plant directly into the soil?
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#1 reason is , i didn't want to bother with a tiller.
Have buried cables, hydro, telephone, water, sewer lines.
Raised ones are much easier on the back, the white frames are 15" high......the galvanized water troughs are 2ft high, getting three of them.
Can control the soil according to what certain veggies need.
And i just wanted to be different......and wanted to try something different......next to no weeds.
The ground i set these beds into are not good parts of the yard, so not losing anything good.
The open area of the yard will stay as grass.....my guys need that.....and have to think about resale. If a young family were to consider to buy, They would certainly want grass area.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Looks beautiful! I admire you, I gave up on starting and caring for a garden years ago. I didn't have a green thumb, and although we had some nice fresh vegetables for those years, it was a lot of work. Good luck and enjoy, hugs for your beautiful doggies! 💚
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Yes you're right.....was a lot of work.
Had a big garden on the farm for over 20 years......the standard one, had tillers and stuff to work with.
Didn't start out with a green thumb.....as my interest increased.....my failures decreased.
Gave my guys hugs for you......there were happy.....but they're wondering where the treats are.🐶🐶🐶
 
Granny B. said:
Lovely garden! It's obvious you have put in a lot of time and energy. And beautiful Corgi and Sheltie! I used to have Shelties but they have all passed away. I miss them so much.
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Thank you.
Have the time.....but the energy slows a bit....my energy will be used up by the time i get the landscape stones in all the areas of raised garden frames this year.
I think this might be my last year for hauling stones........yah......that's what i said last year.
Noah is my 4th Sheltie.....if the calculations hold right.....when i'm 70, he'll be 12.
 
I'm in a learning process with the raised bed soil.
One of the 4ft x 4ft x 15" bed, i have a top soil mixture, 12" deep, then just black dirt to the bottom.
Have butternut squash in that one.......doing very well through the excessive heat we've been having......there are some days they're kind of wilty, make sure they're well watered, and doesn't form a top crust like the plain dirt.

The bed i have the acorn squash in is another story.
Mostly dirt, and with some bought topsoil mixture to light up the soil.
The black dirt keeps forming a crust......have to break it up often.....taking a lot more watering......also finding the heat is baking some of the acorn flowers.......there's tons of flowers......so hopefully there'll be lots of squash.

Do anybody have any ideas why this is happening besides the heat and soil.

The butternut squash isn't doing this.......maybe because of the lighter and richer mix i bought and used.
 
MickaC said:
I'm in a learning process with the raised bed soil.
One of the 4ft x 4ft x 15" bed, i have a top soil mixture, 12" deep, then just black dirt to the bottom.
Have butternut squash in that one.......doing very well through the excessive heat we've been having......there are some days they're kind of wilty, make sure they're well watered, and doesn't form a top crust like the plain dirt.

The bed i have the acorn squash in is another story.
Mostly dirt, and with some bought topsoil mixture to light up the soil.
The black dirt keeps forming a crust......have to break it up often.....taking a lot more watering......also finding the heat is baking some of the acorn flowers.......there's tons of flowers......so hopefully there'll be lots of squash.

Do anybody have any ideas why this is happening besides the heat and soil.

The butternut squash isn't doing this.......maybe because of the lighter and richer mix i bought and used.
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Lovely garden-I am jealous 😂. All I know is you are not supposed to use regular dirt in a raised garden, as you said it gets hard becomes clay like. It doesn’t drain well and dries out faster as you have notice. I would take it out next year.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Lovely garden-I am jealous 😂. All I know is you are not supposed to use regular dirt in a raised garden, as you said it gets hard becomes clay like. It doesn’t drain well and dries out faster as you have notice. I would take it out next year.
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Plan to. I'll empty halfway down the 3 that have the dirt, into the ones not filled yet, and fill the rest up to the top with the same stuff i used in other ones. I'm really happy with the ones that i used CIL enriched topsoil mixture, not as much watering and holds moisture well.
Will get the dirt moved after the garden is done, then just half to fill up with the other next spring.
Thanks Aneeda for the tip.
 

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