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Raised Garden Beds – Growing Cabbage, Onions, Radishes, Garlic, Broccoli and More

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By Mavis Butterfield on April 26, 2013 · 21 Comments

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The raised garden beds are really starting to fill up. It’s so nice to finally see green in those beds instead of soil. We have 16 raised garden beds and so far 10 have been planted. I’m saving the last 6 for tomatoes {which I’ll be setting out in a few more weeks}.

Garden bed #1 has Chinese cabbage growing in it. We had to replace the broccoli raab that bolted and so far the cabbage transplants are doing great.

Broccoli and radish.

Cabbage and radishes.

Have you read Calvin & Hobbes? Well Lucy totally reminds me of Calvin. Ha!

I think out of all of the raised garden beds, this one with radish, onions and kohlrabi looks the best.

The square foot garden. I think this will look really cool {artsy?} when all the seeds have been planted. I’m excited to see what it will look like once the tomatoes are in and to see how much we can harvest out of this raised garden bed.

Swiss chard. My neighbor planted this yesterday. In about 2 weeks we will thin the transplants and move the extras to another bed {probably over by the chicken coop}.

Artichokes. These are not looking so hot. The ones I planted over in the perennial garden are doing much better and I’m not sure why.

Garlic, Garlic, Garlic.

If you squint really hard you might be able to see some beet greens trying to pop through the soil.

I’m not sure why, but beets always seed to take forever to come up. Does this happen at your place too, or is it a Pacific Northwest thing?

Ahhh yes. Carrots. These are notorious for taking a loooooooong time to germinate. Last week I thought I spotted a few delicate seedlings coming up, but now I think they may have just been weeds.

Here is a view of our 16 raised garden beds from the back of the garden. There isn’t much to look at right now, but we are getting there. One seedling at a time.

How is YOUR garden growing? Have you planted anything yet? Is there one vegetable in particular you just can’t wait to grow?

~ Mavis

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Mavis Garden Blog – Planting Chinese Cabbage

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By Mavis Butterfield on April 23, 2013 · 7 Comments

After I discovered my broccoli raab had bolted while we were away, I had to pull it up and plant something else in it’s place.

Luckily I have a bunch of seedlings growing in the greenhouse and indoors. Since it’s still a wee bit chilly out, I thought Chinese cabbage seemed like a good fit for the space. Even though we have 16 raised garden beds, I am trying to hold off on planting the rest of them for now. It’s hard, but I want to be able to maximize the space by planting a boatload of tomatoes, cucumbers and beans in the beds. If I fill them up with more cold weather crops now, I won’t have room when I set out the warmer crops in about another 3 weeks or so.

It’s a tough call, but I think it’s the right one for now.

Now, I suppose the question is, what am I going to do with all this Chinese cabbage when it’s ready to harvest? Ha! I guess I’ll have to cross that bridge when we get to it.

Unless YOU have some ideas of course!

~Mavis

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Backyard Gardening – Raised Garden Bed Pictures

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By Mavis Butterfield on April 13, 2013 · 12 Comments

Today is going to be another wet and soggy day here in the Pacific Northwest but here is the view from the back of the main garden. A few years ago we installed 16 raised garden beds and ever since then I just can’t stay out of the dirt.

Mr. Gnome Guy #9 is from Miami, Florida and he has been doing a fantastic job guarding our sugar snap peas. The pea vines should begin climbing up the teepee poles any day now.

The garlic is coming along nicely and should be ready to harvest in late June or early July.

Artichokes. Lucy has a horrible habit of running though the artichoke bed and tearing off a leaf as she passes through. What a total stinker!

The square foot garden so far has 9 of 32 squares planted. I think I’ll try and get outside this weekend and plant a few more. Every time I walk by I stop and stare and wonder where on earth I am going to place the tomato plants. I still have not figured out how many should be planted or which ones I’ll stick in there.

Onions and radishes, companion planting is cool!

Radish leaves. I wish I could remember which variety this is. I planted 5 different types this year.

Cabbage and radishes.

On days like today, I wish there was some sort of fast forward button I could push and it would be June. The plants need sunshine and warmer temperatures to thrive, not this wet and windy weather we’ve been having lately.

Growing food is cool, there is no doubt about it. But waiting to plant all your seeds is tough!

How is YOUR garden growing? Have you planted any seeds lately? Do I dare ask if you have harvested anything yet?

~Mavis

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Backyard Gardening – Raised Garden Beds

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By Mavis Butterfield on April 6, 2013 · 21 Comments

I was working in the raised garden beds yesterday and snapped a few pictures and thought I would share them. We currently has 16 raised garden beds along the main garden path. So far we have carrots, beets, cabbage, broccoli, broccoli raab, radish, celery, strawberries, peas and onions planted.

All the beds are 8 feet long by 4 feet wide about have about 8 inches of soil in them. A couple of beds towards towards the end are a little bit deeper because I propped them up on logs so they’d be somewhat even due to our sloped yard.

I heard Wilco had some Walla Walla Sweets in so I grab a bundle of my favorite onions and planted them between rows of radishes. Companion planting rules!

Have you planted your radishes yet? What are you waiting for? Now is the time to do it.

This is how my first round of radish seedlings look like right now. Hopefully in about a month or so they’ll be ready to harvest. Last spring I was able to barter a flat of french breakfast radishes for some avocados.

Cabbage for the Handsome Husband. Cabbage isn’t my favorite, but he’s Irish and loves it so I grow it for him.

The gourmet blend beets are beginning to poke through the soil. It appears these ones will be yellow and red.

Garlic. It’s coming along nicely I think.

And lastly, the square foot garden. So far I have sugar snap peas, celery, onions and strawberries growing in 4 of it’s 32 squares. I think today I’ll plant a few radish and beet seeds.

Have YOU started planting seeds yet? If so, what?

~Mavis

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