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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Our Bumper Crop & Raised Beds




My hubby planted a bunch strawberries plants in containers...this is the most we gotten ripened at any one time. They are absolutely delicious.




We put in some raised vegetable beds taking out most of our postage stamp backyard. My hubby and boys built the beds. They went down to the county landfill and got truckload of composted soil. Our county recycles yard waste on a bi-weekly pickup or you can take your yard waste there. It was nice to be able to recycle the yard waste everyone generates into something useful.



In one of the beds we planted lettuce, spinach, carrots, beets, radishes, zucchini, yellow straight neck squash. Actually my boys have done most of the planting.





In the other bed we planted tomatoes, pole beans, oregano, basil, and cucumbers. We still need to add a trellis for the beans and the one cherry tomato to climb.












This last picture is of my one of my flower beds in the backyard. We took out one of the railroad ties and will be replacing it will trex decking material like we made the raised beds from. My hubby didn't want to use pressure treated lumber due to the chemicals, so we are going to put the decking around the edges of the existing flower beds and make the beds more raised. I was too impatient to wait for grass seed to grow, so I put sod in between the vegetable beds....I still need a few more pieces of sod to finish off the backyard.








10 comments:

  1. Dee Girl...

    It's looking good. You and the boys have gotten so much accomplished. I'm sure you can't wait for those home grown veggies.

    Pat

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  2. Those strawberries sure look good!!!
    Brenda

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  3. Pat,

    The boys have really taken an interest in growing veggies this year. I may make gardeners out of them yet.

    D

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  4. Oh my, those strawberries look awesome! Your backyard is really nice too....love the gardens!

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  5. Jody,

    The strawberries are delish...so nice to walk out the backdoor and just pick a few!

    D

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  6. I'll take mine with a little shortcake and whipped cream, please!!! Those look absolutely delicious! ~~Annie

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  7. wow! no wonder you've been MIA in the forum!! you've been BIZZEE!! so, do you ever take a breath?
    (((HUGS)))
    lisa

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  8. Annie,

    That's how I like mine too...we really need some sunshine and a little less moisture now to ripen the berries that are set. Whatever we don't eat is getting cleaned and frozen so I can make some strawberry jam later this year.

    D

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  9. Lisa,

    Nope...too much to do to breathe. I have a few more tweaks to do outback, then I'll be back to the front yard and the porch bed.

    D

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