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By: Garden Tips from Personal Finance Bloggers

Garden Tips from Personal Finance Bloggers — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:33:18 +0000

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By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:46:39 +0000

Try lining old plastic milk crates; half fill with mulch/compostable stuff; top with improved soil – about 4 to 6 inches is enough, leaving enough room for a thin layer of good finr mulch. These lend themselves to light trellises. I keep mine on an old bench.

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Organic Vegetable Garden Planting | Organic Veg — Sun, 09 May 2010 11:46:15 +0000

[...] Vegetable Garden Planting – Vegetable Garden Planting. by Frugal Dad · 29 comments. This introduction to square foot gardening, or raised bed gardening, first appeared nearly two years ago here at Frugal Dad. I’ve republished with a few updates sprinkled in. … [...]

By: MomsManyProjects

MomsManyProjects — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:30:57 +0000

What a wonderful idea! I’ve done a variation of this using containers in my screened-in patio. It kept all the nasty bugs off of my tomatoes, beans, and green peppers–at least until the gnats came out, but by then our first Florida growing season was about done.

I’ve been working on moving my veggie garden outdoors though using lasagna gardening, but I’m having issues with weeds and grass even though I’ve used cardboard and newspaper. So I like how you put the box on a tabletop instead of right on the ground. I may try a variation of that myself! Thanks for the ideas!

By: Frugal Dad

Frugal Dad — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:52:39 +0000

@Kevin: I did not use a liner, but if I did it over again, I might add some landscape fabric to the bottom of the box (or under the box if placed on the ground). That’s what these folks did, and I like the clean look: http://tinyurl.com/yf5g8br

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:21:26 +0000

Last question (maybe): you don’t use any liner of any kind, right? Soil dumped straight on top of plywood bottom? Lowes was trying to sell us on some plastic sheeting or something but we just passed.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:02:30 +0000

[...] Benefits of Raised Garden Beds. I’ve talked about square foot gardening before and Lynnae gives some great tips on the benefits. (@Being [...]

By: Frugal Dad

Frugal Dad — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:27:21 +0000

@Kevin: Should be easy enough to add legs – great idea! I would pop two or three holes per plot to improve drainage.

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:06:02 +0000

I need to do a raised garden, but don’t have a table to put it on. Is there any reason I can’t just buy some 2×4′s and nail them to the bottom? Quick & dirty legs directly attached to the plywood base… this should work right?

How many holes for drainage? Eight; one for each plot?

By: valletta

valletta — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:45:46 +0000

We’ve been doing this method (and French intensive gardening) for year and really love it.
This year we are going to splurge (using recycled materials like flagstone and old brick) and make permanent raised beds. We are laying down a foundation of crushed limestone with the stone beds on top. Something we saw in southern France 20 years ago and I’ve dreamt about ever since