Unlock the secrets to vibrant raised bed gardening! Learn why and how to refresh and top off your soil for maximum veggie growth. Dive into the key ingredients your soil MUST have for thriving plants. Do this to give your raised beds a power-up – healthy soil, happy veggies, and a productive harvest in a quick, simple guide.
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$25.00 shipping for 7 lbs of iron is insane!
Great video and tips.
Hi kim so good ok now my question about smartpots I see roots coming out of my smart pot any worries about and what can I do about
Talk to me in 4 months the
It will surprise you that I'm a bit on the lazy side, so I try to work smarter, not harder. I start with pulling up the dead plants, less the roots, after the first frost, about Nov, 1st. By this time, the leaves have begun to fall. I have a large maple tree at the edge of my garden, and several oak trees around the house, so leaves are plentiful, and as a bonus, the oak leaves add a touch of acidy to the soil. My soil PH is generally around 6.7, so any acidity it adds is a bonus. February 15th through April 15th, I'll work with the raised beds as I plant them, by mixing the leaves that haven't broken down into the soil. Then I'll top my raised beds off with compost, leaf mold, or raised bed mix purchased at the local store. If I remember, I'll sprinkle a few handfuls of granular fertilizer onto the soil, and gently work it in. If not, I'll top dress the raised beds with fertilizer after the plants get going to give them a boost, if needed. Count on the later. Between the leaves and the compost, there are plenty of nutrients in the soil—earthworms too, so I use less fertilizer each year. More fertilizer is used in my GreenStalk Towers and grow bags, than the rest of the garden, and now I have fruit trees to fertilize too. Okay, I have five fruit trees, three 4'x8' raised beds, three 2'x8' raised beds, two 30.5" x 72" raised beds, Three GreenStalk Towers, an eight foot long cattle panel tunnel trellis, about thirty grow bags 10-30 gallons, and an inground herb garden. I'm the only one who takes care of it and my goal is for it to feed two people. It meets my needs, and then some. I'm starting to narrow down my plant choices, and move towards production, but there will always be room in my garden to experiment with new varieties. Hopefully the plant sale goes well, and I make enough money to pay my electric bill (LOL), and buy two apple trees, a Fuji and Honeycrisp. Either way, I'm still planning on growing Wine Cap Mushrooms.
What I do to refresh my soil out of my raised beds I take all my soil out of my raised beds putting on a tarp throw vegetables in it that I don’t use from making dinners or the ones that Animals ate when I was sleeping. Then I put worms in my soil so it refreshes everything in it. Then in the spring I re-shovel it back into the raised beds
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Looking beautiful Kim the garden is too 😊👍
Duh
Iron! I wonder if Monterey products are from up here in the 831 Monterey Bay area🤔 I'm using compost & chicken manure!
Can my soil go bad? Should I ever get rid of it and start from scratch?