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Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Fri November 01, 2019 5:19 pm
by washing machine
Maybe this is a silly question, but how high? I’m thinking six inches off the ground?
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Fri November 01, 2019 5:21 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Fri November 01, 2019 5:29 pm
by washing machine
That’s genius!
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Fri November 01, 2019 5:30 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Our planter boxes are about 6" deep, above this crappy clay southern soil, and our vegetables grown fine. The roots will go down as deep as they can in the good soil, then start to spread horizontally at the bottom of the good soil.
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Fri November 01, 2019 5:33 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Fri November 01, 2019 5:48 pm
by washing machine
When using boxes, how often do you replenish the soil?
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Fri November 01, 2019 6:04 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
washing machine wrote:When using boxes, how often do you replenish the soil?
Only if it seems it is getting low. It will stay rich with nutrients if you let your dying plants decompose at the end of the season. I also use some composting for keeping fertilized
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Mon November 11, 2019 1:20 am
by 96583UP
if there are rabbits nearby you'll want to get one of those raised gardens that comes with a mesh-y cover . or one that sits on stilts a few feet above the ground
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Mon November 11, 2019 4:31 am
by Bammer
Merge it!
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Mon August 15, 2022 3:26 pm
by spike
We’ve been pulling ragweed and horseweed for the past two days, with still more to go. Fuck this stuff.
Re: Garden(ing)
Posted: Tue August 16, 2022 1:49 am
by 96583UP
my vegetable garden this year is abundant and defying all odds
it's on the ground, but the rabbits arent eating most of it
i think the pumpkin plant growing around it is keeping them at bay (it has prickly stems)