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Post by brownrexx on Mar 15, 2019 8:25:01 GMT -5
Do you garden in raised beds, in ground or in containers (includes Earthboxes)?
I have 2 large in-ground gardens but if I ever downsize then I will go to raised beds.
When I started my gardens, I didn't know about raised beds and I am not willing to change now. We roto till once a year.
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Post by coppice on Mar 15, 2019 8:41:09 GMT -5
I am rebuilding (phoey I have said that too many times) again, and raised beds is where annual plants go.
Perennial and woody plant live temporarily in pots-trays till plant out.
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Post by spike on Mar 15, 2019 9:17:56 GMT -5
We have a king sized bed with a pillow top mattress! OH didn't see the for gardening part!!
I have a regular in ground garden, raised bed and tubs and pots!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Mar 15, 2019 9:29:12 GMT -5
I have a couple of raised beds, a bunch of SIPs, and in the ground plantings. So I have some of everything!
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Post by september on Mar 15, 2019 9:36:43 GMT -5
I went from in ground to raised beds for my vegetable gardens and never looked back. Now, if you have a large enough garden to use a tiller to weed between rows, it wouldn't have much advantage. My flower beds are on flat ground. I also grow overflow peppers and tomatoes and eggplant in large containers bordering my front garden, behind the deer fence.
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Post by meandtk on Mar 15, 2019 10:33:42 GMT -5
In ground. 3/4-1 acre total.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Mar 15, 2019 11:32:18 GMT -5
I do...er...I should say I didas I'm not doing much anymore, but it used to be in ground mostly, then last year I did in ground and had my first raised bed. I've also done pots. I was really into gardening at one time, but health and mobility have slowed me waaaay down. This year, I have grape hyacinth, walking onions and garlic. With the exception of what grows wild here.
My gardening this year??? I'm raising fish. Does that count?
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Mar 15, 2019 11:36:51 GMT -5
Earthboxes and raised beds are where I grow my veggies. I may make a small in-ground patch of melons this year, or maybe not.
The only edible plants I have in-ground are citrus trees, blueberry bushes, rosemary, and oregano. Oh, and technically I have some daylilies and turmeric in the front yard, but those I mostly consider ornamental. I'll probably harvest some turmeric eventually, but I'm unlikely to eat the daylily blooms even though technically they are edible.
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Post by paquebot on Mar 15, 2019 12:24:18 GMT -5
All of the above. Three raised beds with soil having been worked several feet deep and still raising. Lots of in-ground space Also around 40 7=gallon and larger pots. They are the equal to digging a hole about 15" deep and filling it with compost and manure. Same results with less work.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Mar 15, 2019 13:33:00 GMT -5
Both. I prefer raised beds for sure, but I find that tomatoes do better in-ground than in the raised beds.
Squashes go in-ground also as they're space hogs.
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Post by farmerjack41 on Mar 15, 2019 14:46:05 GMT -5
Do all in ground planting, but have a hiller on my garden tractor that I use. It makes hills in the rows about 18" wide and probably 8" + high. Most crops before I do the hilling, I bury drip line several inches in the ground, which puts water at the root zone. During the summer I fill the area between the rows with lawn clippings, so weeding is a very minimum. Before starting this I run the cultivator down the rows one last time.
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 17, 2019 7:04:26 GMT -5
SIP's everywhere and loving not having to do any weeding... lol!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Mar 17, 2019 17:25:38 GMT -5
What do you put under/between your SIPs? Grass? Then you have to mow and weed-whack around them. But I agree that is still better than having to pull or hoe weeds.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Mar 17, 2019 17:41:15 GMT -5
I put some cardboard under the larger ones placed in rows, that change season to season, and some black plastic in two rows with trellises - one row, 11 buckets and 4 large SIPs, and a shorter row of 3 EBs and 4 buckets. I also use cardboard for leveling the SIPs, as well as possible.
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 17, 2019 18:35:41 GMT -5
I stretch out a roll of the cheap dollar store weed blocker material for them to sit on, and when gardening is through I just roll it back up and see/hope I can use it again... if not I always buy the rolls after garden season is over and they put it on sale... last year I bought 7 rolls for .75 a 50 ft. roll.
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