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Undertoad · 04-11-2005, 03:39 PM

I always said I might rip up a corner of the yard and put in a row of tomatoes and corn, and when J suggested we could make it a project, this is finally the year. What we have constructed is two raised beds, 8 foot by 3 foot. The yard in this area is marshy a lot, so I figured raised bed was the only way to go. We used treated lumber so that it wouldn't rot. It would appear that the "bad" treated lumber, which killed every single child of every single deck owner, and which would poison you instantly if used to grow things, is now reformulated. Phew!

Only the first bed has soil so far. Here you can see the simple-but-effective bolt-into-post method of securing everything. None of this stuff is going anywhere.

Implements of destruction

There are three rows of carrots set in already. Not pictured is 72 seeds in 72 little peat pots that are germinating. These are tomatoes and squash. In two weeks frost period will be over and the rest goes in, peas, beans, corn.

The crazy thing is that if it's messed up somehow, if mistakes are made, one can only wait another year and try again. What a learning experience.

04-11-2005, 03:39 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Jacquelita and I put up a garden I always said I might rip up a corner of the yard and put in a row of tomatoes and corn, and when J suggested we could make it a project, this is finally the year. What we have constructed is two raised beds, 8 foot by 3 foot. The yard in this area is marshy a lot, so I figured raised bed was the only way to go. We used treated lumber so that it wouldn't rot. It would appear that the "bad" treated lumber, which killed every single child of every single deck owner, and which would poison you instantly if used to grow things, is now reformulated. Phew! Only the first bed has soil so far. Here you can see the simple-but-effective bolt-into-post method of securing everything. None of this stuff is going anywhere. Implements of destruction There are three rows of carrots set in already. Not pictured is 72 seeds in 72 little peat pots that are germinating. These are tomatoes and squash. In two weeks frost period will be over and the rest goes in, peas, beans, corn. The crazy thing is that if it's messed up somehow, if mistakes are made, one can only wait another year and try again. What a learning experience.