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04-15-2008, 02:21 PM
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Name: Glenn City: Baskerville State: VA County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 59 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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With the arrival of spring and my farmer neighbors getting ready to plant I was motivated to put work on the shop on hold and do something about a garden. This presented two challenges, the southside VA clay is about as easy to work as 3000psi concrete and deer, rabbits, etc abound out here. I constructed a 64 sq ft raised garden enclosed by a fence and imported topsoil and peat moss. The box is 2by stock with the precision joinery of a nail gun supplemented by deck screws  The excess fencing will enclose my compost heap next to the garden. Hopefully this will enable me to beat the obscene store prices and poor quality of veggies  
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04-15-2008, 02:23 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Now to set up a rain collection barrel to water it all with!
Looks like a great start, hopefully your thumb is greener than mine 
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04-15-2008, 02:25 PM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looks very nice Glenn!  So what are you planning on growing? 
Trent
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04-15-2008, 02:32 PM
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Name: Glenn City: Baskerville State: VA County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 59 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by wtf21  Looks very nice Glenn! So what are you planning on growing?
Trent I best answer that by just saying what I have planted, what grows is a different matter  Tomatos, Peppers, Watermelon, pumpkins, green beans, cucumbers, sugar snap peas.
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04-15-2008, 02:34 PM
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Name: Glenn City: Baskerville State: VA County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 59 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by ptt49er Now to set up a rain collection barrel to water it all with!
Looks like a great start, hopefully your thumb is greener than mine Thanks Phillip, a rain barrel is planned but since the garden is closer to the shp than the house I have to wait until I get the gutters on the shop 
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04-15-2008, 02:39 PM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I am getting ready to do the same myself in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for the visual ideas, as I have been wondering how I was going to build it.
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04-15-2008, 02:40 PM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Glennbear I best answer that by just saying what I have planted, what grows is a different matter Tomatos, Peppers, Watermelon, pumpkins, green beans, cucumbers, sugar snap peas. Mmmmm mmm!!! Sounds like a nice harvest coming up for you. I just hope that you're better at growing stuff than I am. My thumb has no green at all. It is about this color-----> 
Trent
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04-15-2008, 03:32 PM
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Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Glenn,
I do like the garden. I'd love to do something like that someday. For now, I travel way too much. The weeding, picking, watering, etc would only be done one or two days per week. Don't think I'd have much success that way.
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04-15-2008, 05:44 PM
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Name: Reggie City: Albemarle State: NC County: Stanly Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looks good, Glenn. Keep us posted. I'm a "raised bed" fan.
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04-15-2008, 05:47 PM
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Name: Roger City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looking good, Glenn!
That should keep the pesky critters out 
Roger
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04-15-2008, 07:42 PM
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Name: Wayne City: Morganton State: NC County: Burke Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looking good! I've also been contemplating raised beds. Really like the fencing measure to keep the deer out! Last year my garden was devistated by deer. There were 6 or 7 in it every day. Even started eating the green tomatoes and vines outa my tomato cages. The cucumbers , beans, etc. were just mowed off at the ground! Don't know whether it was because of the drought and my garden was easy picking, but I've wondered whether to even try again this year! My dog would run them out and they would just stand at the edge of the woods and wait for him to leave! Never had that much of a problem before. Always just planted extra for the deer and managed to get some for me! | |
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04-15-2008, 11:26 PM
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Name: russell City: Charleston State: WV County: Kanawha Join Date: Mar 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Looks good. take away the fencing and you have exactly what i just did. carrots, tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapenos, and potatoes. just for the two of us so its plenty. i dont have deer or anything other than the stray crackhead that will come tramping through it. so no need for a fence.
was gonna set up the 55 gal drum to the guttering but i needed it for the excess veggie im picking up for the mercedes. | |
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