Weathing Storms and Other Forces of Nature

The reality of Tropical Storm Edouard for Houston was one long rainy day. No thunder, no lightning, not even gusts of wind. It cooled things off a little too which in August is always a good thing. Today seems normal for now although major rain is predicted again.

I'm thinking about starting a small raised-bed garden for vegetables and herbs. Any suggestions? It's so warm here that you can double up your growing seasons, getting two a year instead of one.

Comments

[sarah]

make sure you make them deep enough... we tried raised beds for two years with no success.. this year we caved and tilled a spot in the ground and we have had lots of veggies with lots more weeds.

[Robyn]

we are considering starting a square foot garden. http://www.squarefootgardening.com/ also, here in Austin, there is a garden guide that we can buy at local nurseries which tells you what to plant locally during each season. http://www.tcmastergardeners.org/what/gardenguide.html

[magreen]

We have a crazy garden that grows tons. Started off as square foot, and then became something else. It's pretty easy here to grow greens, cherry tomato varieties (bigger inevitabley are eaten by creatures), hot peppers, herbs of all sorts...our basil actually seeded and took over its own section of the garden. GreenDaddy has a special method for his tomatoes that I'll let him tell you about sometime. Anyway: good luck with your project! The girls will love it.

[cake]

that is a beautiful poster.
i say go for it! make sure the bed has a lot of sun (at least 6 hours a day) and enrich the soil with stuff like compost, peat, earthworm castings (which you can find at nurseries, in bags).
peas like cooler weather, but you can grow a fall crop. cosmo loved eating those off the vine, and cherry tomatoes, which are easy. green beans, peppers and most herbs are also easy. i'd suggest looking online to find what "zone" you are in, and then find out the length of your growing season, and when it is best to start things for the fall garden. you could start some things from seed (would be fun for the girls), and then get some plants that are already started.
i think you will all love this project. for me, it is therapy.

[Fran Magbual]

I don't have a place to plant a garden, but I have a cherry tomato that looks like it may actually live and a chili pepper plant. Here's a blog I read, Kalyn lives in Utah so the stuff she's planted may do well for you also. http://is.gd/1iJt