Plantings (22)
Progress Journal (341)
Wish List (1)
This is the first bed I put in when we moved into this house. I mostly reserve it for annual edibles, although things might shuffle a bit now that we’ve added new beds.
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Plantings
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Radish: Munich Bier
Raphanus sativus var. niger
Sown on 27 Jul 09
- 7 journals
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turnip: golden ball
Brassica rapa (Rapa Group)
Sown on 08 Jul 09
- 5 journals
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amaranth: red
Amaranthus
Sown on 19 Jun 09
- 2 journals
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New Zealand Spinach
Tetragonia tetragonoides
Sown on 19 Jun 09
- 2 journals
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Dill
Anethum graveolens
Transplanted on 05 May 09 The dill I planted didn't work out, so I collec...
- 9 journals
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marigolds
Tagetes tenuifolia
Established on 05 May 09 Volunteers
- 1 journals
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purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Established on 02 May 09 Volunteer purslane popping up in various places.
- 2 journals
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nasturtium: empress of india
Tropaeolum majus
Sown on 22 Apr 09 Three seeds from katxena planted together in th...
- 5 journals
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nasturtium: night and day
Tropaeolum majus
Sown on 22 Apr 09 These are in most of the nasturtium spots borde...
- 8 journals
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nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
Sown on 22 Apr 09 The empress of india seeds are in the spot bord...
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bunching onions
Allium fistulosum
Sown on 22 Apr 09
- 6 journals
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basil: lime
Ocimum americanum
Sown on 08 Apr 09
- 5 journals
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basil: lemon
Ocimum basilicum citriodorum
Sown on 08 Apr 09
- 5 journals
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Kale
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
Sown on 11 Mar 09
- 23 journals
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Broccoli
Brassica oleracea (Italica Group)
Sown on 10 Mar 09 My wintersown brassicas haven't started to spro...
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Brussels Sprouts
Brassica oleracea (Gemmifera Group)
Sown on 10 Mar 09 My wintersown brassicas haven't started to spro...
- 10 journals
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leeks
Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
Sown on 10 Mar 09 A small patch of leeks in the kitchen garden.
- 9 journals
- 0 faves
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beetberry
Chenopodium capitatum
Sown on 07 Feb 09
- 22 journals
- 0 faves
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Lovage
Levisticum officinale
Planting Out on 27 May 08
- 5 journals
- 0 faves
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chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Planting Out on 06 May 08
- 14 journals
- 0 faves
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oregano
Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum
Sown on 19 Mar 08
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thyme
Thymus vulgaris
Sown on 19 Mar 08
- 10 journals
- 0 faves
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Comments
Katxena wrote:
Your bed is pretty — I like the shape!
Posted on 06 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)
cmagnus wrote:
Thanks! We were trying to figure out how to maximize surface area and still reach everything. :)
Posted on 11 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)
renemarie wrote:
I love your raised bed. Are those cinderblocks just resting on top of each other, or are they fixed in place somehow? Do you have any problems with them shifting?
You’re right about maximizing the reachable area. I think I might like you mimic your design
Posted on 19 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)
cmagnus wrote:
Renemarie, the cinderblocks are just resting on each other. We haven’t had any problems with shifting once we got the dirt in, but if we put too much weight on them while the bed was in progress, they’d shift and we had to pull them back. I have had problems with erosion from the holes in the cinderblock, but that was when we got 3 inches of rain in one day. I think if I did it again, I’d line them with something. On the subject of lining, we covered the bottom with hardware cloth, to keep critters from burrowing up through the bottom.
Posted on 19 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)
TropicanaRoses wrote:
It looks really nice. I thought the shape was great for accessiblity! Cinder blocks, huh! Where did you get them? Were they just laying around? We have some that are just laying around different spots in the yard, but not enough to do that. We do have enought to do something very small though. I like the idea! I also like that you used everything. The holes in the tops of the cider blocks too!
Posted on 27 Mar 09 (about 8 months ago)
cmagnus wrote:
Thanks. We got them at Lowes; I keep looking for places around here that do salvage, but no luck. They were the cheapest building option for me. A lot of people go with wood, but that still gets expensive and it dies after a few years. I thought with these if we changed our minds we could just build them someplace else.
Posted on 27 Mar 09 (about 8 months ago)
TropicanaRoses wrote:
Nomadic! I like that! It is kind of like rearranging the furniture for a change of pace! Sounds cool!
Posted on 28 Mar 09 (about 8 months ago)
mcav0y wrote:
hey, I am copying your idea! When you said that you would line the holes if you would do it again. What would you line them with?
Posted on 03 May 09 (about 7 months ago)
cmagnus wrote:
I was thinking landscape cloth. It might be a little fiddly, but I’d make some sort of a cup shape with it so dirt wouldn’t leak out the bottom. The first rain (which happened to be fairly huge) washed serious quantities of dirt out of the side pockets, out the bottom. It was a big shock after the first rain when I came out and the sage wasn’t even visible except from above. I had to transplant it into the exact same place with more dirt. Nothing has come out in those quantities since, so my guess now is that it just washed out enough dirt to fill in between the gravel we got for leveling. Now that it’s settled, I’m not sure you’d need anything if you put them straight on dirt.
Posted on 03 May 09 (about 7 months ago)
TheGoktor wrote:
What a fantastic and productive garden – I’m trying really hard to not be jealous! Heheh!
Posted on 09 May 09 (about 7 months ago)
cyncyn1 wrote:
awesome garden!!!!
Posted on 09 Jun 09 (about 6 months ago)