seeingreen's Kitchen raised beds garden
Garden Type: Kitchen | Sun: Dappled Sun | Soil: Clay | Established: 2008 | Organic
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The clay here is really hard work and that together with my back are my most limiting factors, together with economy needs. In my head the garden grows enough for all my needs plus surplus for friends & family but in reality has a long way to go. I do have a Mantis but it’s no good until the ground is broken first so it sits in the shed. I have used it on a patch of ground which had pallettes stacked on it for some time (disadvantage: chopped up all the thistle roots which each grew) but which still needed breaking by fork first of all (broke fork handle).
Decided on beds:
Started out with (1) Linkabord 1mX2m
Added (2) 2009, cobbled by me from wood scraps & modified 2010
Added (3) 2010, wooden 1msq
2010 4) small, hinged-corners, wooden assemblage from I know not what, salvaged by dear son 2.
2011 (5) Black recycled plastic experimental lasagne type construction.
2011 (6) Narrow deep box bed part filled.
2011 (7) Another smallish, hinged box which I have since learnt is a pallet holder.
Covered area in prep for more beds.
Also tyre stacks, bags and any likely container for potato growing.
The linkabord bed was demolished by a car coming off the road and landing up on top of it early 2010 so had to be replaced (both compost bins – recycled plastic – flattened too). I have a comfrey clump which I use for making liquid fertiliser and putting in tomato pots and potato bags and any likely planting holes. Any surplus boosts the compost bins.
Hoping to erect new compost bins constructed from pallets this year (2011)
Main photo shows beds area as at August 2011. Bottom left is the corner of the wood pile in process of a tidy up. Bottom right weedy bit is corner of the greenhouse site.
ROSE CUTTINGS: Entering here as not technically a plant yet and will be moved from this garden to final position once rooted. All struck 13.10.11.
Zepherine Drouhin – 4 in bed 3. 13.4.12: 2 surviving, 1 planted out, one potted.
Andrew’s White Climber (Pheasant’s View) – 5 in bed 3. 13.4.12: 1 surviving, just. 2013: healthy root and top buds, potted up.
Alan’s Pink (Weston) – 4 in bed 3. 13.4.12: all 4 going strong 2013: all potted up
Yellow Yard Gate (Weston) – 4 in bed 1. 13.4.12: 2 surviving 2013 1 survives, potted up.
Back Yard Pink climber (Weston) – 4 in bed 1. 13.4.12: 2 surviving 2013: no survivors
Weston Red – 4 in bed 1. 13.4.12: 2 surviving, just. 2013 No survivors.
An outdoor organic garden located in Thame , United Kingdom, seeingreen's Kitchen raised beds garden currently contains 28 plants.
This is a Kitchen garden that is known to be in USDA Hardiness Zone 8b. It has mainly Clay soil and receives Dappled Sun light.Photos
Plantings
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Pea, Calibra Day 4
Pisum sativum
Sown on 16 May 13
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Dwarf Bean, Purple teepee Day 22
Phaseolus vulgaris
Sown on 28 Apr 13
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Dwarf French Bean 'Minidor' Day 27
Phaseolus vulgaris var. nanus
Sown on 23 Apr 13
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Parsnip 'Albion' F1 Day 28
Pastinaca sativa
Sown on 22 Apr 13 In bed 6 - the one DS2 calls the coffin bed!
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Carrot 'd'Eysines' Day 28
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
Sown on 22 Apr 13 In bed 6
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Spring Onion 'Shimonita' Day 28
Allium fistulosum
Sown on 22 Apr 13 Just a small amount in bed 6
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Potato 'Swift' Day 28
Solanum tuberosum
Sown on 22 Apr 13 some in tyres, some in large buckets, some in l...
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Onion 'Long Red Florence' Day 56
Allium cepa var. cepa
Sown on 25 Mar 13
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Lettuce 'Tom Thumb' Day 56
Lactuca sativa var. capitata
Sown on 25 Mar 13
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Lettuce, Amish Deer Tongue Day 75
Lactuca sativa
Sown on 06 Mar 13
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Leek Blue-green 'Porbello' Day 78
Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
Sown on 03 Mar 13
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Garlic 'Maroc' Day 179
Allium sativum
Sown on 22 Nov 12 In bed 3
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Elephant Garlic Day 179
Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum
Sown on 22 Nov 12 In bed 3
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Kale 'Red Russian' Day 309
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
Sown on 15 Jul 12 Sown in modules
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Kale 'Sutherland' Day 309
Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group)
Sown on 15 Jul 12 In modules
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Nepata 'Blue infinity' (divided) Day 338
Nepata transcaucasia
Sown on 16 Jun 12
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Allium fistulosum
Sown on 27 Mar 12 small patch bed 5
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Artemisia dracunculoides
Sown on 09 Apr 11
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Levisticum officinale
Sown on 17 Mar 11
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