The Fall Mittleider garden is growing great! I update you on the sugar snap peas, 1015Y and Candy onions, the greenhouse construction, cauliflower harvest and juicing, broccoli, swiss chard,…
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A raised garden bed can out produce a bucket garden 4:1 and be beautiful too. This style of gardening is also called container gardening. If you want to know how to design a raised garden bed…
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Insted of sanding the PVC there are bladed edgers (I’m not sure of their
name) that can take the edge of in seconds. These edgers are cheap and easy
to use. These are used to edge all types of plastic so there are no rough
edges.?
Dammit, I envy Your climate!?
Awesome You sure have crammed a lot of great stuff into a 10 minute video,
it all looks so wonderfully good!?
Nice broccoli. Up here in North Texas I harvested mine quite a while ago.
Those extended periods of 10 degree temps killed everything!
I was able to use my solar backup though when the power went out while
neighbors were left in the dark… I have a feeling that those of us with
those will be very very glad soon.?
David,
Any chance you’d share your planting schedule with this Houston gardener?
Lmk and I’ll send you my email addy.Thanks in advance!
Linda?
Rockin right along ?
I have never seen the Gorilla tape in clear.We bought some and it was
black. Hands down it is way better tape than duct tape! Everything looks
awesome as usual! Wish I had your winters here in Utah! Blessings?
David, you have such a good harvest. Have you ever tried to figure out if
you could actually live of just your garden produce? If there ever is some
kind of societal collapse how long could you and your wife live off your
garden? You must have stored food also, but I’m just curious about the
productivity of the garden year around. Thanks.?
Love your videos. So informative. I found a woman in Alabama who also uses
the mittleider method. She posts on the Tomatoville forum under “container
gardening”. She supports everything you say and has some specific
instructions and great videos. Keep up all the good work. . ?
Do you expect any issues with pests or disease with planting the tomato’s
so close to last years crop? -( in the same box.)
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great garden update. everything looks wonderful!?
You painted your raised bed.?
This year I’ve doubled the size of my garden again, and I’m wondering how
you go about planning what you’ll plant where and how much of everything?
Do you take into consideration things like companion planting? Do you do
crop rotation? I’ve got the list of what I want to plant but with so much
space now I’m starting to obsess over where everything should go, to a
degree I’m sure is not necessary…or healthy!
Since the ground here in NJ is frozen solid, we’re only able to watch your
videos and look through seed catalogs to plan for the coming year. I’ll be
erecting my T-frames this year, opting to use them instead of trellises in
my hybrid Mittleider/SFG garden. Looking forward to another successful
harvest this time around.?
Great start for the year, what have you added into the middle of the 48″?
Is all of the plastic you are using the green house heavy weight that you
recommended??
LDSPrepper – Love your videos, especially this type here. You said in your
video you’d post the instructions below but I didn’t see them.
THanks?
How do you keep your broccoli and cauliflower to “head” in the right
direction? Every year I’ve tried growing it, it bolts due to the
temperature swings. Do you measure/try to moderate the temp in your green
houses? ?
You sure crammed a lot of good stuff into a 10 minute video, it looks so
good!?
I am obsessed with your videos! I live in littleton, co and I cannot think
of anything to use for the medium – I don’t know of any sawmills, rice
factories and etc. What other things can be used – I have tried to garden
for years with NO success. I really would live to do potatoes – was going
to try the bag method this year…(I don’t have the space you have) but I
could probably do one box and them block the backyard chickens from getting
to it :). Thanks in advance?
love your videos =)?
UH-OH! I’M CONCERNED ABOUT THE GARDEN BED BEING RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOUSE!!!
IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, IT WILL CAUSE THE SIDING TO ROT! We lived in Houston
for 15 years – and had a terrific little garden that was beautiful and grew
great veggies! Our BIG mistake was putting a raised bed next to the house.
Moisture wicked up from the soil and the siding began to rot. We were
“lucky” – “only” had to replace siding – it could have gotten the framing
too! Put in some waterproofing! Good luck!
Thank you. We have talked about it but haven’t done that project yet.
I didn’t glue my pvc together. I don’t have leaks and this allows me to
move and adjust the pipes as I need. Also, he needs to check monthly for
termites next to the house. I put mine a foot away from the foundation so I
can see it clearly. We had termites from a flower bed that was too close to
the foundation years ago and learned to watch out for them.
Maybe this is an dumb question but why not build the grow box a little
wider?
What about moisture seeping in to the concrete fundament? One thing is
rain, another thing is the need to water the plants. It means water on what
would be a sunny day? Constant moisture on the fundament.
With the box so close to the house treating for insects and or termites may
be difficult.
Great stuff 😉 Not only is it a space saver, but looks good as well 😉 😉
Any concerns about excessive water runoff since it is near the roof and no
gutters to divert runoff?
Some people don’t know that wood treated with arsenic was outlawed 10 years
ago. Now it is treated with copper which is a trace mineral and needed by
plants. I definitely recommend treated lumber for gardens.
Are the 4×4 post’s buried and if so at what depth or are they just attached
to grow box frame?
Question; are you concerned about termites being attracted to the saw dust
as it decays? Here in Florida we have termites all around and it would
concern me. Could fine ground mulch of another sort be a usable substitute?
Here in Texas they tell us to keep the ground around the foundation moist
all year round so the foundation doesn’t crack. He has had the bucket
garden in the same location as the new garden for years with no issues.
Since we only water for 60 seconds, just enough to get the soil wet there
is no a lot of run off.
Great freaking job! glad it has inspired you neighbors, hope to keep us
updated in the season!
A V V V good job done Bro..Cheers M8
Enjoy the termites
I am confused, I thought the book said to not give the weekly feed for
three days after planting plants, and when planting seeds, we don’t plant
until we see the first leaves or sprouts! Thanks
Looks nice, but no way would I put that up against the house. Moisture,
bugs, rodents……….
Have you ever done Espalier fruit trees? Your yard looks great !!
Ok, I figured that there was a “reason” and it is outlined in the material
but I haven’t purchased it because I don’t have the extra money right now.
I find this to all be very interesting and the yields that you are getting
to be crazy good too. What happens when we have an “on your own” situation
and we can’t get the supply to the Mittleider fertilizers? This has been
popping up in my mind lately…sorry for all the questions! Thank you in
advance, Wayne. 🙂
Great question. There are two sizes, 18″ or 48″. After 50 years of testing
Jacob Mittleider found any smaller or larger is a waste of space.
Being right against the house, without the cover and no gutters, it seems
that the plants will get hammered when it rains and water runs off of the
roof.
Did u test the Ph?
You are correct on all points. But first you prepare the soil by adding
pre-plant and weekly feed (Lesson 9 in the Mittleider Gardening Course
book). You can plant seeds indoors or in the garden. If you transplant you
give the plants a small amount of nitrogen and then start the weekly feed
three days later. (Lesson 10 & 22).
The “weekly feed” is a nutrient mix you mix yourself with natural minerals,
all purpose fertilizer and epsom salts. It provides all the nutrients
plants need to thrive. See the link below the video for more info. The
pre-plant fertilizer is also one you mix yourself. It is lime or gypsum
(depending on your average rainfall), boron and epsom salts.
And that is for a soil bed also?? I will read the chapters you mentioned..
again! So much to learn and so much to do.. Thanks LDSPrepper!