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Building raised bed gardens, step-by-step

  • June 20, 2014
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  • Rory
I normally wouldn’t detail how to build a raised bed garden—its just a box, after all. But when a friend of mine who is starting his own backyard garden asked…
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Tulip bloom

  • May 21, 2014
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  • Rory
There’s nothing more beautiful than a dense bed of tulips, so last Fall I planted a couple hundred tulip bulbs in our four raised beds and then waited out a…
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Black Gold: Profiting from the community compost site

  • May 15, 2014
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  • Rory
Good dirt is hard to find. Last year I filled four raised beds one shovelful at a time with dirt from our recently plowed field. It was possibly the most…
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Raised beds under construction

  • May 5, 2014
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  • Rory
When I laid out the garden last year I left room for some upgrades. This year we have expanded the garden plot and are adding 4 new raised beds. These…
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First tulip peeking through
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Tulip Sighting

  • April 13, 2014
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  • Rory
Pulled the straw cover off our raised beds this week. It was exciting to see the first tulip stems peeking through. Last fall we packed all four raised beds full…
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