We recently shared our great results about growing sweet potatoes in the Grow Bags. What about raised beds? What about extra-deep raised beds? We planted three Grow Beds. Each was filled with a blend of 70 percent container mix, 20 percent topsoil and 10 percent compost. To determine if a deeper planting area would yield more tubers, we made one of the beds twice as deep as the other two by stacking two 10-inch beds. Three rooted sweet potato s…
…be surprised at how easy they are to grow. They’re pricey because they have a short shelf life — a problem for commercial growers but not if you’re harvesting from your own backyard. Our cedar Raspberry Bed is 8 x 2 ft. and 7″ deep. The bed has room for five plants. Special feature: an integrated support system to keep the rambling raspberry plants contained and upright. 3-Tier Strawberry Bed: Designed to match our other cedar raised…
…ato Towers in them and all survived Hurricane Irene!” PJ Benoit, customer service, gardens intensively in her small urban yard. She’s been growing potatoes in eight Potato Grow Bags for several years. “I use 100 percent of my own compost and add our organic All-Purpose Fertilizer. I have wonderful results and haven’t had to buy a potato since I began using this system.” The garlic on the left spent the winter in its…
…slideshow. Plus: Video, FAQs and assembly instructions. Just look for the icon, at right. What is the Grow Camp? It starts with a 4′ x 4′ raised bed made of rot-proof, no-maintenance polypropylene. The bed holds 19 inches of soil, so you can grow carrots or other deep-rooted crops. A two-part cover of crystal clear, “greenhouse” polypropylene and fine-mesh nylon netting, allows you to start plants earlier in the spring,…
…ate each class or one side gets broken and we don’t want to throw out the entire bed. The students also like making diamond shaped beds. I love the Grow Beds! I have no trouble keeping them watered because … I have more than 100 little gardening angels who feel quite important running through the gardens with their watering cans. I’m not sure how many Grow Beds I have used. We have a tabbouli Grow Bed (mint, parsley, tomato, chives, onions), a…
…mply won’t develop properly in heavy clay or stony soils. For best appearance and a sweet flavor, they need soil that’s loose and friable, well drained, neutral to alkaline, and not too rich in nitrogen. So, in the summer of 2010, we planted several crops of carrots in Grow Bags that were slightly smaller than our Potato Grow Bags. All the bags were filled with pre-moistened Container Mix, to which we added a half cup of All-Purpose Fertilizer a…
…n with the best of care, an asparagus bed won’t hit its stride until several years after planting. Once it starts yielding a crop, the same bed will produce an abundant crop of spears spring after spring for at least the next 20 to 30 years. In the old days, gardeners were told to prepare an asparagus bed by digging an 18″ deep trench and then backfilling it with a mix of compost and soil. Today we can grow improved varieties of asparagus that a…
The Elevated Cedar Raised Bed, augmented with a cold-frame top. Another great idea from one of our customers: Rose Deskavich, who gardens in western Massachusetts, modified her Elevated Raised Bed, adding a custom cold frame so she could grow greens, parsley and chives through the winter. “During warm weather, I do not take the top off because I have a problem with squirrels digging in it. I open the cover but keep a heavy duty mesh cov…
My own 20-year old asparagus bed in mid-April, at the start of the harvest season. Look, no weeds! Asparagus is one of the easiest and most satisfying vegetables you can grow. At my house, the asparagus harvest will soon be drawing to a close. Some of us are rather happy about that. We’ve been eating asparagus at least once a day since the end of April. Steamed, parboiled, sautéed and roasted. In omelets, pasta salads, stir-fries and soups, but…
y growth. Example: How Much Soil Do I Need for a 3×6 Bed? To fill a 3×6 bed with 10″ sides, you will need 15 cubic feed of blended soil. To create the blend, use the following quantities: 9 cubic feet of topsoil (9 20-quart bags) 4.5 cubic feed of compost (4.5 20-quart bags) 1.5 cubic feet of soilless growing mix 1.5 cups Gardener’s Supply All-Purpose Fertilizer Here’s how: Measure your raised bed and calculate the amount…