Raised Beds – Part 3 – If you build it…

Continue ReadingRaised Beds – Part 3 – If you build it…

Moving right along in our series on raised beds, we have now come to the part where sweat and elbow grease come in handy.

After a trip to the hardware store to pick up a non-rusted blade for our dusty Skilsaw (keeping in mind that Trex Decking can dull blades faster than wood), a box of 3 inch galvanized deck screws, a roll of 4 foot x 25 foot galvanized poultry fencing, tin snips, and two carloads of Trex Decking (19 12 foot boards were needed for our job), we were ready to build our raised beds.

On Day 1 - we opted to cut and assemble the beds before clearing the space of the old raised beds.

Raised Beds – Part 2 – Design

Continue ReadingRaised Beds – Part 2 – Design

You may have caught the last edition of Raised Beds Part 1, where we talked about materials for building raised beds.  Now we move on to Part 2 -  Design. 

There are an infinite assortment of ideas in the world for raised beds.  I happen to be, much to my husband's chagrin, severely influenced by formal English gardens with closely trimmed boxwood hedges and topiaries and espaliered fig trees on the wall.  We have a ranch house, so that kind of formality doesn't fly in our back yard.  However, I really really wanted something that made my heart ...

A Sentimental Tree

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"[My daughter] has a tree she planted from seed.  I'm not sure what it is, at one point thought it was a Chinese Elm.  It has completely outgrown the huge pot it was in (cracked it in half wide open), and is much too large for us to keep in the pot, and no where to plant it.  The tree is somewhat sentimental (if trees can be that - it is to us, we're weird).  Is there anyway I can keep part ...

Indoor herb gardening

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While Spring is just around the corner, many people are itching to have fresh herbs at the ready.  In places where temperatures remain chilly at least until April, what's a NYC foodie to do?  Her question reads: "What do you suggest for those of us who love to cook with fresh herbs, but are stuck living in charming, yet space challenged studios in NYC?!  It's really winter out here, so I would plant indoors.  I get lovely even, but indirect sunlight all…

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