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These are what my new ones are going to be like:


I could have sworn I bought 2x12's, but they are 2x10's. The 2x12's went for a wheelchair ramp. The other bed's I tried were made from 3x4 landscape timbers (if you wanna call em that), anyway, I stacked them 2 high, edgewise, so they were 8" deep. Worked really well and were cheaper than dimensioned lumber at the time.

I'll post some pictures after I get one built in the next several weeks. This crappy weather has set back many of my plans already.

Well, it's almost May and I still don't have my garden in due to record cold temps here in Oklahoma. According to NOAA, we have another strong cold front headed this way by the middle of next week, which will be in May. My wife planted two tomato plants a week or so ago and they look awful, even though we covered them. The Oklahoma wheat crop has been decimated with temps dropping to the teens and mid twenties at night. We've broken record lows by as much as 16 degrees with no end in sight.

At this rate were going to be lucky if we have tomatoes by September.

OkieBob this cold weather for late April has been a bit of a surprise.
It almost touched the 30's in Dallas this week.

I was jealous of the guys that already had their tilapia.
Not so much now....although I'm sure they should be ok.

My pansies are still doing great. (pansies KA!)
The begonia's, periwinkles, & caladiums are just gonna have to wait!

Nice area at the new house for one that the previous owners had..got it tilled last night and quite abit planted on my lunch and after work in between rain drops.. Not sure what it will bring but hey, why not...

Potatoes, onions, peppers, tomatoes all in and doing great.. Wanna get first 2 beds of sweet corn in this weekend.. Also zucchini, cucumbers, beans to this weekend.. Running behind on cauliflower, broccoli, radish and beets and many other things but should still be alright..

Our onions and herbs have handled things rather well. The tomatoes, even with water walls to try to cut the wind and cold haven't weathered the temp as well.

Still waiting on some of the others...

It sure has been slow getting started here. In the last couple of weeks my hoop house has ranged from 24 to 130 degrees. That sure took a toll on my seedlings.

I cut my seed potatoes a couple weeks ago, but it has been too wet to use the middle buster to put in planting trenches. Same for the peas. I guess I won't have any peas until fall.

The chickens scratched up the spring onions and garlic. This week's heavy rain had my celery and horse radish under water for over a day.

Only the cabbage, broccoli, lettuces, radishes and strawberries seem to be doing OK. The beets and carrots don't seem to want to germinate.

I need to learn more about strawberries wanna share any tips Cat?

Don't do it conventionally. That is too much work. Maybe I can get some pictures later in the day.

I have a couple of "flower pots" that are probably about 35-45 gallons each. They are the kind used for selling moderate size nursery trees. I drilled a staggered series of 1-1/2 inch holes all around, between about six inches from both the top and bottom.

These size buckets usually get tossed by landscapers, and I've been able to get them for free.

I had some 4-inch schedule 40 PVC pipe pieces that were a few inches longer than the container height. I drilled a series of 3/8 inch holes in the pipe -- ranging from about six inches from the bottom to about eight inches below the top of the pot. I set the pipe vertically in the middle of the container and shoveled in 3-4 inches of small river rock (like 1-inch pea gravel) to hold the bottom of the pipe in place. The PVC pipe got filled with these same kind of stones to about six inches from the top of the pipe. Then I took a mixture that was approximately half compost and half sand. I added several shovelfuls of worm casting. I mixed this well, and filled the container, which is sitting in full sun on the pond dam.

I stuck 15 Quinault and 15 Ozark beauty plants into the holes in the planter. I don't pinch the blossoms or runners. The runners get directed to pint planters for next years crop.

I pour water from the pond into the pipe a few times a week. I've also add fertilizer to the pipe now and then.

That's it.

I really like it Ken!

I'm gonna have to find me some of those pots, even if new.

Garden won't go in for about another month here.

garlic, peas, spinach, and carrots are all up and growing.
kale and chard were transplanted in over the last few days.
strawberries and onions are on-deck for planting.

tomato, pepper and eggplant transplants are looking good in the greenhouse, but still 3-4 weeks out from going in the ground.

we got almost two inches of water this past week, which is nothing for most folks, but a lot for us with our arid weather and heavy clay soil.
finally warming up, things look good for the coming week. sure we'll still get a late sneaky frost, but all in all, spring is finally here.

I like the idea of using those large landscape pots on the dam. easy to water, and much better than trying to grow directly into the compacted dam material. wife would sure like em full of flowers!

They're calling for the possibility of frost for Sunday night here. The greenhouses will love it!

Potatoes are popping, tomatoes are getting a few blooms here and there.. Onions are growing perfectly..

Anyone ever grow the buhs variety of common vine veggies (cucumbers, beans, zucchini)??

8 fifty foot rows sweet corn
2 fifty foot rows green beans
8 tomatoes
8 cucumbers
4 squash
4 zucchini
Lettuce
2 water melons
Onions
Due to late spring I just got everything planted on Mother's Day.

I am glad we had plastic row covers and frost balnkets this year!

How's everyone's gardens doing? Got my sweet corn looking decent at best germination was very sporadic this year?? I'm guessing seeds drowned.. Already had a nice huge red tomato and plenty of grape yellows.. Ate the first batch of kennebecs and red Pontiac potatoes you can't beat garden potatoes.. Onions are the best I've ever grown, my zucchini are in poor shape agian I guess too much rain watermelon are growing but slow..

What about you guys? Ill try to take some pics today..

JKB did you get this built I'm interested in the outcome? I don't think you'll like that wide of beds especially in the corners,? I started with 3' beds and have since shaved them down too 2 to make it easier to weed, reaching 3' stunk I couldn't imagine trying to reach 5-6' across your corners you have..

I wish you hadn't mentioned "kennebec taters" . Because of the wet spring we had to wait till mid-April to plant ours, two more months of waiting and then its feast time. my friends call it " butter and sour cream time".

Just delays with work and how the weather and work are cooperating. I don't have any problem reaching across a 4' bed. Easier to do from the perimeter tho.

We chopped ours up and fried them with green peppers, green onions, and red onions they were good man there not quite done yet most were golf ball to tennis ball size..

4' ain't as bad as what you'll have with those corners just an eyeball on your measurements you'll be pushing 5-6' inner corner to outter corner, I'm just trying to give you a heads up based on experience I been there and done that it starts to suck very quickly.. I like your design though you'd be surprised the amount of vegetables you can pack in raised beds they almost seem impossible to overcrowd..

No problem BGK. I think I have all the issues covered

Pulled and trimmed the onions today for storage.. Turned out pretty good..

I am getting zucchini, jalape�os, cucumbers, radishes and rhubarb...

Tomatoes are loaded, just behind because of weather, onions are growing slow, beans are loaded in blooms and small beans.. Don't do corn because I have friends and neighbors drop it off weekly..

Being it is my first year in this house, didn't have much time and learning a bigger garden is a challenge..