So, my wife bought this cheap pre-fabricated planter box, and the instructions say to just lay the whole thing down on top of the liner and then fill it in. However, my thought is it would be better if I cut the liner in two and then rolled it and stapled it into the inside of the boxes, then fill it that way?
https://www.clydesvegetableplantingchart.com/ My neighbor bought one of these sliding planting charts and y'all. This thing is SO useful. I spend a lot of time looking up planting tables or info on individual plants. On this, you slide it to shift dates based on your zone and the chart has the rest of the info you need about spacing, harvest dates, replanting for fall, etc. I was extremely impressed with the simplicity and info it offered.
There has to be an excel that does this and probably a ton of them. This looks almost exactly like his. Pretty nifty. If he's sold over 400 thousand dude has made bank. I'd need a digital one that could synch to my phones calendar and then send me push notices when to start seeds and put them out etc. Id probably get 5 times the herbs if I started everything on time.
It's nice that it is a physical chart. I hate looking shit up on my phone outside, it's too bright here. This chart was just SO well done, I was very impressed. I had to buy one. Actually I bought a 3 pack this morning. One for me, one for a friend, one just in case I find another victim to gift it to.
Got my tomatoes potted up. 72 total. 16 are root stock I am going to try grafting my heirloom Brandywine too. Trying for 24 Brandywine, 24 opalka, 6 Green zebra.
Yeah, I just bought a 3-pack myself. Convenient, and I'm all for supporting someone's at-home entrepreneurship.
That being said, I'm not sure I'll be doing much of a garden this year. Between the dog just being a hellion, me being so far behind with my pre-season planting (haven't finished rebuilding my inside grow station yet so only a few herbs are going strong right now), and some much needed repairs to my raised beds that will require some major rework (the one corner leaked and rotted the FUCK out of things, requiring the main frame to be repaired, requiring some major shovelling and construction). That and I'm taking off for a month in the Airstream right when things should be planted. Oh well... I'll prep like hell for next year.
This pile has been there for years, containing shavings, chicken manure, goat manure, some straw, etc.: You don't even need to use your foot with the shovel once you're into the good stuff. I'm hoping that in addition to building up the depth of my soil, it'll add nutrients as well as hold moisture better. I think it'll work: Just need to get the new bed assembled and filled then start figuring out what to put in them.
I haven't been to the lumber store in quite a while so I can't really answer this. What we did this year was order a kit from Home Depot which I think is 92"L x 48"W x 19"H. It's made out of red cedar and shipped I wanna say cost about $375. ( I posted a link earlier in this thread, I'll have to look for it. ) EDIT: Here's the link
Find a close private saw mill, if you can... I got really thick boards for stupid cheap because they were just sitting around in the yard.
This weekend we got the new garden bed assembled, which was ridiculously easy. Like, a kindergartener's jig saw puzzle easy. It makes the older ones look completely pathetic, but they'll be replaced in time.
Those look really nice! They are deep too. Did you hit up Home Depots soil sale, or get bulk fill soil from another place? I got the miracle grow raised bed soil on sale, and they gave me the wrong bags. 5 big bags for $10.
No, that was hand shoveled and hauled from the giant pile of bedding and old hay I have across the road. It was a mix of chicken and goat manure along with shavings and hay. The stuff in that bed has got to be at least 10 years old. It took about 4-5 wagon loads, and a small load of gravel along the inner edges to fill it. My shoulder is still killing me. These are listed as 19" deep ( I think ) but in fact are about 15" deep. It's not the really super nice 4x4 construction beds I dream of, but it definitely works. And it looks really nice from the road.
Nice! Your plants are gonna love that mix. I figured you found a cost effective way to do it. Fill soil is a big expense in the initial set up.