Berry Bliss. My first Raised Garden!
7 years ago in #life by zalife (50)
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Way to use what you've got laying around! Love it! Great idea for the blueberries!
No you don't need two kinds of raspberries. Careful they're spreaders! :) can't wait to see this come along!
Thanks very much, I will definitely do a follow up. Thanks for letting me know about the raspberries, I hope they spread haha !!
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STOPGreat job! I used to work for the City of St. Louis in Sustainability and can say the finished product can look rather nice such as what you did but most don't know what goes into the actual development. I can't tell but what did you use for if you'd chosen to use a liner to keep the outter wood from rot? Also, are you going to be using a sealant on the wood itself?
Hi Jacob I used pond lining that I cut to fit and stapled to the inside.(you actually reminded me I actually typed up a section about that and forgot to put it up :) I have some wood sealer in the garage but still want to investigate the best product to use for organic gardening, not sure yet how to treat it just yet .. Good eye for picking that up thx
Good deal on the liner. That's the hard part so it will stay intact for years to come. As for the sealant the same type you would use toward something such as a patio decking would be good. The only areas I would keep an eye out for are close to the soil line of the outer wood. Sorry but I've been outta the game for a bit and can't help you there.
Thats very helpful thanks Jacob! Im learning as I go and welcome any advise ;) I really apprecaite you taking the time to reply. Have a great week ahead.
congrats!
do you live in the tropics?
would the cartons not cause mildew?
Hi. Thanks. I live on cape town south africa. Its never very humid here its quite a dry heat.
ah - then you won't suffer mildew
good luck!
That's good thinking actually never considered that , thanks for mentioning :)
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Thanks very much, I love what you guys are doing.
Great article Rich! Thanks for sharing the photos of the fungi, rock dust and vermi-compost. It will help to know what to look for when buying it in a shop.
Also great seeing the photos of how you built the beds up.
Growing a new blueberry bush is one of the harder gardening tasks as it feels horrible pulling the new flowers off for the first 2 years. You have to ... For the good of the plant... It breaks your plant-parent heart but it is best. Especially if it's a small plant you'll have to remove the flowers so that it can grow. Also later on you'll have to thin out the flowers if you see it's making lots of small flowers and small fruits. This makes the fruit bigger. It helps having a couple of berry bushes just for this reason alone.
Get one of those big dry wipe calendars from Checkers for making gardening notes. ( If you cut it in half it fits on the inside of a closet door) It's the only way I actually remember things because I forget to look at a calendar on my phone until the actual day and then I haven't had time to prep. :)
Just a heads up you have a duplicated paragraph at the beginning of the post.
I've had a good result from the Strawberry plants sold at Hillcrest Berry Orchard. Started with 3 in 2012 and they've grown well and their offspring are still growing.
Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks guys. Yes I want to visit the berry farm in September ! You will have to. One with and show me a good variety of strawberry
hmm, I think they only have one variety of strawberry and I'm not sure if they always have plants. Should maybe check out if Garden barrow has strawberries for sale? I just have to double check what kind of condition they're in but I have a couple of strawberry plants who would do well under your care.
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