The post about using tires for making raised beds reminds me of my raised beds. A dear friend helped me build them last summer... Well, I tried to help, but mostly stayed out of his way while HE built them for me. I had several varieties of tomatoes, herbs, kale, and sugar snap peas, and YUMMM, there is nothing quite so satisfying as picking warm veggies in one's own yard. I can't wait to start planting again!!
(I had an irrigation system installed last autumn, so I can still travel and everything will get watered without having to ask family and friends to do that chore!)
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The vegetables I grow myself, especially the tomatoes always taste so much better than the store bought ones.
Shaggy2018
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Mar 12, 2019
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You do not save much $$ doing your own growing...but your satisfaction level...the reward from finally tasting the "fruits of your labor"....priceless.
Robecology
Level 9
Mar 12, 2019
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Exactly! And to be able to walk into one's backyard and picking stuff for dinner and dessert is awesome!
Beautiful raised beds! I had two for a while, but my water bill got to be more than my electric bill and couldn't afford anymore.
Redheadedgammy
Level 9
Mar 12, 2019
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I didn't consider how much it cost me, I love having them, and having the freshly picked food!
@Rustee I know, I grew such good kale, spinach, cukes, carrots, onions, red leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce green beans. I miss the fresh taste of just picked produce. ?
I had a lot of spare tyres for my 4wd and my wife was going on about using them in the garden. I finally relented and with her in my ear the whole time, I didn't notice until a year later that I had used good tyres. One expensive garden bed.
arightmick
Level 2
Mar 12, 2019
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OOPS?!?
I love the statement about tomatoes! Too fussy and frustrating for my taste. I may just be my hot humid climate, but years of tries at tomatoes ALWAYS ruined by last-minute pests or disease has soured me on trying anymore. This despite many encouragements from fellow gardeners on how to succeed with tomatoes. I just don't believe them anymore. There are other far easier crops to be had for my precious, limited raised bed space.
MikeInBatonRouge
Level 8
Mar 12, 2019
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What are your go-to crops?
@misternatureboy flowers, lol. But seriously, I have far less experince with vegetables in the Deep South. What have done well for me are green beans, squash, broccoli, carrots, and green peas. Cucumbers, so-so. Okra and eggplant are both easy-peasy here, but Hate both, so I don't grow them. Herbs are pretty easy, too, basil, dill, mint, rosemary, etc. I have much to learn of veggies, but I care more about ornamentals and helping the pollinaters.
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