Wooden Raised Beds and Hoops: Sizes and Dimensions Explained!
When setting up a garden with wooden raised beds and hoops, understanding the right sizes and dimensions is key for an effective and efficient layout.
When setting up a garden with wooden raised beds and hoops, understanding the right sizes and dimensions is key for an effective and efficient layout.
Creating your own soil mix for raised beds, as outlined by From Seed to Spoon, is an economical and effective way to ensure high-quality soil for your garden. The recommended Mel’s Mix, a blend of one-third coconut coir, one-third vermiculite, and one-third compost, offers an ideal growing medium. This mix is particularly beneficial for gardens with multiple beds, providing a cost-effective alternative to buying prepackaged soil.
Check out this video to see how these raised beds really help us out!
It’s important to fertilize your plants prior to planting for the spring! Depending on the plants that we will be planting we fertilize at the beginning of the season and periodically throughout their life.
In this video, Carrie shows how simple it is to make your own soil mix! We make Mel’s Mix which is from the Square Foot Gardening book. This soil has worked amazing for us since we began gardening!
Friends that are interested in trying to grow some of their own food have reached out to me and asked what they should do to get started. Much like I was when I started, they’re often overwhelmed by all of the various information out there about how to grow food and have no idea where to start. Here are the four simple steps I give anyone that asks me what they should do to get started with growing some of their own food
Have you ever built a raised bed, then tried to figure out how many bags of soil you need to fill it? Now there’s an app for it!
This is an update and tour of our zone 7 Oklahoma urban backyard organic food farm! I show what we’re currently growing, talk about what we are planting right now, and share some tips and lessons I’ve learned from the summer! Dale SpoonemoreDale Spoonemore is the visionary co-founder of “From Seed to Spoon,” a groundbreaking platform that has revolutionized the way individuals approach gardening. His journey from a novice gardener to a leading advocate for […]
Update: One idea to combat some of the issue related to heat would be to insulate the bed with wood chips up to near the top of the cinder block. I’d think this would help with many of the issues related to overheating. I’ve spent some time researching whether or not it would be a good idea to use cinder blocks to build a longer-lasting raised bed and wanted to share the best information I […]
Three of the hinged hoop house covers are finished! We built these so we can have lettuce, kale and spinach all winter long. More details about how I built them will be coming soon. Check out the video below to see them in action! [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”1″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Dale SpoonemoreDale Spoonemore is the visionary co-founder of “From Seed to […]