Test Gardens Part 3

It is now mid August and our raised beds are growing and providing some great examples of some of the veggie plants that we had for sale earlier this year. We have had lots of beans, but mostly just bush beans so far. We have harvested several tomatoes of various colors and sizes so far. We have also harvested several cucumbers mostly White Stallions and Persienne Cornichon. Here is a look at a few of the vegetables that we have harvested.

This is one of our kohlrabi. They did suffer a little slug damage, but that quickly scabbed over. They have been very nice and mild.

We picked about 3 lbs of beans in one day and about same amount a week later.

It is now mid August and our raised beds are growing and providing some great examples of some of the veggie plants that we had for sale earlier this year. We have had lots of beans, but mostly just bush beans so far. We have harvested several tomatoes of various colors and sizes so far. We have also harvested several cucumbers mostly White Stallions and Persienne Cornichon. Here is a look at a few of the vegetables that we have harvested.

This is one of our kohlrabi. They did suffer a little slug damage, but that quickly scabbed over. They have been very nice and mild.

We picked about 3 lbs of beans in one day and about same amount a week later.

Test Gardens Part1

I thought I would take a little time to talk about the creation of our new raised beds which are going to be part of our test gardens for this year.

This is the space we started with. Our garden is heavy clay that has been amended, but we spent a lot of time battling the mole and gophers. So we decided to abandon the idea of garden in the ground.

So we ordered 10 yards of blended soil mix and some of our own clay soil graciously provide by our many moles.

We built our 8 by 4 ft by 18 inches beds by using untreated 2 by 6 pine boards. Then we lined the bottom with chicken wire, in hope of keeping the moles and gophers out. Then we lined the with weed barrier to keep the weeds from growing up from the bottom. Then we filled it with our purchased soil mix and our clay soil.

So we filled our first finished bed we veggies choosen by our girls. From seed we planted radishes, brussel sprouts, and carrots. Then we added kohlrabi, cauliflower and onions that were starts from our greenhouses. Here is a look at the the radishes. We harvested the first few last night.

Here is a look at the kohlrabi. The starts were planted last week and have already started to bulb up. In the up coming weeks I hope to talk more about what is going on in the test gardens. We are very excited to have fresh stuff from that garden again. Go grow what you eat!

I thought I would take a little time to talk about the creation of our new raised beds which are going to be part of our test gardens for this year.

This is the space we started with. Our garden is heavy clay that has been amended, but we spent a lot of time battling the mole and gophers. So we decided to abandon the idea of garden in the ground.

So we ordered 10 yards of blended soil mix and some of our own clay soil graciously provide by our many moles.

We built our 8 by 4 ft by 18 inches beds by using untreated 2 by 6 pine boards. Then we lined the bottom with chicken wire, in hope of keeping the moles and gophers out. Then we lined the with weed barrier to keep the weeds from growing up from the bottom. Then we filled it with our purchased soil mix and our clay soil.

So we filled our first finished bed we veggies choosen by our girls. From seed we planted radishes, brussel sprouts, and carrots. Then we added kohlrabi, cauliflower and onions that were starts from our greenhouses. Here is a look at the the radishes. We harvested the first few last night.

Here is a look at the kohlrabi. The starts were planted last week and have already started to bulb up. In the up coming weeks I hope to talk more about what is going on in the test gardens. We are very excited to have fresh stuff from that garden again. Go grow what you eat!